Groundbreaking for new Missouri River bridge set for August 12

Posted 11/7/19

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Groundbreaking for new Missouri River bridge set for August 12

Posted Thursday, November 7, 2019 5:19 pm

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) plans to break ground for a new Highway 47 Missouri River bridge in a few weeks.The groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, Washington City Administrator Jim Briggs said.The ceremony will be held on the city riverfront trail under the current Missouri River bridge, according to an email sent by Judy Wagner, MoDOT area engineer, to state and city officials.Gregg L. Smith, chairman of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, is scheduled to attend, Wagner said in the email.Last month, the transportation commission awarded a contract to Alberici Constructors Inc. to build the new Highway 47 span at Washington.Alberici submitted the low bid of $62,950,000 on the bridge project, the lowest of seven bids.Plans call for the contractor to begin work Aug. 8.The contract calls for substantial completion and opening of the new bridge to traffic in late 2018, with final completion of all work slated for August of 2019.The final work will include demolition of the existing structure which was completed in 1936.The first work residents will see will be clearing work and development of staging areas.The new structure is designed with two 12-foot driving lanes, two 10-foot shoulders and a 10-foot-wide biking/walking path along the west side. An overlook, where walkers and bikers can stop and view the river and cityscape, is proposed at the center bridge pier.The new bridge path will connect to a biking/walking path along Highway 47, north of the river, which ties into the state’s Katy Trail at Dutzow.

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Groundbreaking for new Missouri River bridge set for August 12

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Groundbreaking for new Missouri River bridge set for August 12

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Groundbreaking for new Missouri River bridge set for August 12