Troubled bridge replacement extends driver detours
April 25, 2021
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CATAULA, Ga. (AP) A bridge replacement gone awry is meaning a longer delay for drivers near Columbus.
Construction started in September 2019 on a replacement bridge on Fortson Road, south of Hamilton. The bridge closed in February 2020 and was supposed to reopen in mid-2020. The previous bridge was 62 years old and had serious structural problems.
But the Ledger-Enquirer reports the bridge isn t now projected to reopen until June, after Georgia Department of Transportation officials found the bridge s concrete deck wouldn t bear the required loads. The state instructed Baldwin Paving Co. of Marietta to remove and replace the deck.
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