Ohio setting state-wide bridge upgrade budget

In Ohio the authorities have set a budget worth US$120 million to improve bridges. The funding is being made available to local governments. The state’s Local Bridge Partnership Program is adding 10 additional bridges to a program that is already improving or replacing 220 bridges in local communities across the state. The first bridge rebuilt as part of the new programme has opened in Meigs County. The bridge lies on Tornado Road (or County Road 124) and crosses the Yellowbush Creek just outside of Rutland
August 27, 2014 Read time: 2 mins

In Ohio the authorities have set a budget worth US$120 million to improve bridges. The funding is being made available to local governments. The state’s Local Bridge Partnership Program is adding 10 additional bridges to a program that is already improving or replacing 220 bridges in local communities across the state. The first bridge rebuilt as part of the new programme has opened in Meigs County. The bridge lies on Tornado Road (or County Road 124) and crosses the Yellowbush Creek just outside of Rutland. The work took six weeks to complete and cost $492,570. In the third quarter of 2013, the state governor announced a $120 million investment in repairing or replacing more than 200 county and city-owned bridges over three years. Since many bridges came in well under original estimates, the state has added more bridges to the list of 220, bringing the new total to 230 local bridges improved or replaced by the end of 2016.

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