DOH prepping for work on I-79 bridges from Clarksburg to Pennsylvania state line – WV MetroNews

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The state Division of Highways has awarded a $62.4 million bid to rehabilitate 13 Interstate 79 bridges from Clarksburg to the Pennsylvania state line over the following 4 years.

“13 bridges might be renovated and one other contract might be awarded to exchange six extra bridges in the identical part street,” DOH District 4 Bridge Engineer Randy Harris stated.

St. Albans-based Triton Development has been employed to start the work subsequent spring. Harris stated the bridge mission together with the continuing Fairmont interstate widening mission is a mixed $150 million funding into north central West Virginia.

Many of the bridge work might be rehabilitating the prevailing construction however some widening may require substructure work that can take extra time and probably trigger further visitors delays, Harris stated. Every bridge has a barely completely different scope of labor based mostly on wanted repairs.

“One twin bridge is being widened presently,” Harris stated. “The opposite 4, the abutments are being widened so the superstructure may be widened sooner or later.”

In accordance with Harris, there are not any interstate closures deliberate presently for demolition or superstructure work, however that would change. Crews will give the touring public as a lot advance discover as attainable by way of the course of the mission as visitors management measures are modified.

“The one on the state line is a alternative and it may be performed anytime and there’s one other bridge on this mission that’s additional south that may be performed anytime additionally however for probably the most half, it’ll solely be a pair units at a time.”

As a result of size of the mission and sort of labor motorists ought to plan for a number of visitors management zones in work areas that can require extra driver consideration. Additionally, as a result of the mission is unfold over a big space, materials deliveries at every web site may create intermittent visitors delays all through the lifetime of the mission.

“Typically there might be two lanes of visitors in every course always however there might be a pair circumstances the place we’ll be down to at least one lane and in these circumstances be ready to be delayed,” Harris stated.

The completion date is Might 27, 2027.