A county bridge that has been targeted for replacement for nearly three years will be replaced this summer. The Fremont County Board of Commissioners has approved a bid award to Reynolds Construction of Canon City for replacement of the bridge on County Road 95 south of Florence near Coal Creek.
In recent years the bridge over Second Alkali Creek has been rated "structurally deficient" by state bridge inspectors. In 2005 the bridge received only a 36.7 structural rating out of a possible 100 points. The new bridge will be a two-cell box culvert and the roadway will be realigned to get rid of the curves on the bridge approaches.
Reynolds Construction submitted the lowest of three bids with a price of $339,161.19. The engineer's estimate for the project was $358,000. The next lowest bid was $446,103 which may have put the project out of reach for the funding available. Eighty percent of the cost of the new bridge is being funded by a federal transportation grant with Fremont County paying the other twenty percent.
Reynolds Construction has 120 days to complete the bridge work with construction expected to start in the coming days. County Road 95 will remain open to traffic during the construction period as one lane of traffic is maintained for motorists.
In recent years the bridge over Second Alkali Creek has been rated "structurally deficient" by state bridge inspectors. In 2005 the bridge received only a 36.7 structural rating out of a possible 100 points. The new bridge will be a two-cell box culvert and the roadway will be realigned to get rid of the curves on the bridge approaches.
Reynolds Construction submitted the lowest of three bids with a price of $339,161.19. The engineer's estimate for the project was $358,000. The next lowest bid was $446,103 which may have put the project out of reach for the funding available. Eighty percent of the cost of the new bridge is being funded by a federal transportation grant with Fremont County paying the other twenty percent.
Reynolds Construction has 120 days to complete the bridge work with construction expected to start in the coming days. County Road 95 will remain open to traffic during the construction period as one lane of traffic is maintained for motorists.