The two-lane Woodlane Drive bridge in Nelsonville is astill safea according to Nelsonville City Manager Charles Barga but is crumbling at the edges; a large state grant has been received by the city to begin design work next year, followed by future construction.
The two-lane Woodlane Drive bridge in Nelsonville is astill safea according to Nelsonville City Manager Charles Barga but is crumbling at the edges; a large state grant has been received by the city to begin design work next year, followed by future construction.
NELSONVILLE a The City of Nelsonville has received a large state grant to replace the Woodlane Drive bridge in the northeast section of town.
The city is set to receive a Municipal Bridge Grant of $669,465, but Nelsonville will be required to put about $120,000 in matching funds into the project.
City Manager Charles Barga recently told council members that the bridge is astill safea and not in critical shape, but is still high on the stateas priorities for bridges replacement. A drive to the bridge and a walk on its surface shows that the outer edges have rebar sticking out in some spots.
If that were to continue, the bridge would eventually become a one-lane bridge requiring traffic-control devices, but it wonat get to that point now that the grant has been secured, Barga said. The bridge spans over Monday Creek.
aIt gets inspected every year,a he said.
The bridge connects on its west side to Snake Hollow Road and to Carbon Hill-Buchtel Road and Bessemer Road to the east.
The Municipal Bridge Grant is administered through the Ohio Department of Transportation, with design work scheduled to begin some time next year. Load comments sHTML += ”;