A bridge in Montgomery County, Ohio will soon be repaired after a year of being closed following the approval of a new revitalization plan.
The East Main Street Bridge that drivers use to get into Trotwood was closed last June due to high level erosion.
“This particular bridge is not on piles, said Paul Gruner, Montgomery County Engineer in a recent interview. “So, when the soil is all washed out underneath, there’s nothing supporting that part of the bridge.”
“We have erosion from the creek,” said Gruner. “It eroded underneath the abutment, so the pavement was starting to settle.”
Part of bridge started to sink, making it unusable to traffic.
“That half of the bridge was pretty unstable, so we had to close it,” Gruner said.
The Montgomery County Engineer’s Office recently gained approval for a $788,000 project that will revitalize the unstable half of the bridge. The funds for the project will come from the County Engineer’s road licensing fund.
“We have a consultant that’s on call,” said Gruner. “We had them look at it and make some recommendations and then proceed to prepare and design a build package.”
Gruner expects the bridge to reopen in September.
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Source: WHIOTV 7 Dayton
