Saturday's Internet Edition, May 17, 2008.
Construction On Bridge Over Yadkin River To Start In Spring
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That’s when work will begin on the new bridge over the Yadkin River, replacing the old Kathryn Crosby bridge.
N.C. Department of Transportation resident engineer Darin Waller said last week he hopes closures will be minimal as construction is done.
The project, called a design/build project, is under contract and in the design phase by English Construction, a company in Lynchburg, Va. In a design/build project, the company receives a general scope of the work that needs to be done and is then responsible for designing and building the project.
“This project is different from most conventional projects because it is a design/build project,” Waller said. “There are not a whole lot of these projects that go on throughout the state, but it is designed to speed up the process, because the contractor will actually start the work prior to having a finished set of plans.”
The bid price of the project is over $14.9 million.
Waller said construction will probably begin in April, and the completion date is Oct. 1, 2010. For each day past Oct. 1 the project is not completed, English will be fined $2,000. That is known as “liquidated damages,” Waller said.
During construction, the new bridge will be built alongside the old one, so the old one will remain open. Once construction is complete, the old one will be removed.
Waller said the new one will be located on the north side, or, facing east toward Clemmons, on the left side of the old one. It will have four lanes, two in each direction, with a sidewalk on the south side, closest to Bermuda Run, and will tie back into the existing roadways. Waller said construction will take place beside existing traffic.
“There may be lane closures occasionally for construction, and it’s possible, when the larger bridge beams are being put into place, we may have to close the old bridge, but ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.