— from John A. Van Lund —
The top photo shows the existing wood bridge in front of the newly constructed temporary vehicle and pedestrian bridges. The bottom left and right photos show the temporary bridge structures from the west and east banks, respectively. Pedestrians will use the smaller wood planked temporary bridge to cross the water.
Local utility companies will be transferring services over from the existing wood bridge to the temporary bridge structure.
Razz will complete the grading for the detour road alignment, along with installation of temporary concrete barriers, channelization, signage, and traffic signals, all of which will aid in detouring traffic onto the temporary bridge once local utilities have completed the service transfer.
All of these activities are in preparation for demolition of the existing bridge, which is being replaced due to structural deficiencies.
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