On Tuesday morning, the temporary stop lights and traffic barriers on the bridge near the intersection of U.S. 221 and Shooting Creek Road north of Floyd were gone and the replacement bridge — under construction for more than a year — was open and serving traffic.
End of a long bridge construction job
DOUG THOMPSON
Long-time newspaperman, photographer, and videographer who sold his first news photo more than 60 years ago, still writes and shoots photos for Lee Enterprises newspapers, provides TV news for local stations/networks, and produces documentaries. He is also the founder and publisher of Capitol Hill Blue, the oldest political news channel on the Internet, and owns Blue Ridge Muse, a hyperlocal website in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia. A member of the National Press Photographers Association, Thompson also owns Blue Ridge Photography, LLC.
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5 thoughts on “End of a long bridge construction job”
Having spent over 30 years in industrial construction, I’m familiar with construction costs. It scares me to think what the tax payers payed for that bridge.
Your Gasoline tax Paid for the bridge.
Henry
Doug, this is Joy Gardner. The bridge looks great. I know it was expensive but it is truly a great improvement.
Thank you, Henry for the cost clarification. True.
Took a long time…Was screwed up and that’s why it is so big…Im sure the contractor ate some of the cost.
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