(WIBW)- Rising waters along the Kansas River could
have delayed construction of the Willard Bridge, but contractors got some good
luck this spring.
Shawnee
County Public Works and Solid Waste Director Tom Vlach updated the Shawnee
County commission on the progress of contraction of the new bridge.
“Things
are going very well in my opinion,” he said.
Construction
began Jan. 25. The first thing crews did was to add additional support to the
existing bridge that has been deemed fracture critical.
As
of Monday, Vlach says the project is 38 percent complete, that’s eight percent
ahead of schedule. The new bridge is expected to be complete on Dec. 22, 2017.
That
may not have been the case of rising waters in the river this May had washed
away the causeways into the middle of the river.
“If
that had all been gone they would not have been able to get back out to the
river until I think this Wednesday, Aug. 31,” Vlach said.
The
next step is for crews to complete the decking on the north section and the
delivery and installation of the steel beams.
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