A vehicle travels down Turner Road just days after the county’s public works department completed construction on the road’s culvert and it was reopened to traffic.
Turner Road in Williamson reopens after 5 years
A bridge on Turner Road in Pike County was closed five years ago by state inspectors who said it was unsafe due to rusting metal pillars and worn concrete. The bridge was recently replaced with a culvert and the road is now reopened to traffic.
Pike County road superintendent Chris Goodman said the culvert is expected to last 10 to 15 years longer than a bridge.
Goodman said it took a long time to find funding for the project. Pike got the Department of Transportation to pay for the three 96 inch in diameter and 50 foot long pipes for the culvert if the county did the work installing them.
Read the rest of the story in the Pike County Journal-Reporter's Wednesday, July 29 edition.
Goodman said it took a long time to find funding for the project. Pike got the Department of Transportation to pay for the three 96 inch in diameter and 50 foot long pipes for the culvert if the county did the work installing them.
Read the rest of the story in the Pike County Journal-Reporter's Wednesday, July 29 edition.
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Not the only bridge like that
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07/28/09 at 05:34 PM
How about fixing the one on West Milner now? It's just like Turner Road's bridge was, and I can't see how a bus can safely cross it, sagging as it is.
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