County Road 97A Boggy Creek Bridge Replacement Underway

March 2, 2017

Construction began in early January on a bridge project on County Road 97A over Boggy Creek near Enon.  The existing bridge will be replaced with a new, modern structure with 12-foot travel lanes, eight foot shoulders and a solid concrete barrier railing. The bridge approaches will also be replaced.

Work is currently underway on a temporary detour bridge.  Once completed, traffic will be shifted to the temporary bridge as crews construct the new structure. Work is anticipated to be complete in eight months, weather permitting, on the $3,041,965 project.

Drivers are reminded to slow down to the posted speed limit of 30 mph use caution and be aware of the ‘S’ shaped curve when approaching the temporary bridge.  There will be weight restriction on the temporary detour bridge.  Vehicles weighing over 88,000 ponds and cranes will be prohibited.

The bridge to be replaced was constructed in 1969.

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Comments

10 Responses to “County Road 97A Boggy Creek Bridge Replacement Underway”

  1. Anne on March 3rd, 2017 5:02 pm

    Hey, thanks a bunch, y’all gave me a promotion to “Sidewalk Engineer”. Now I can wear a white plastic helmet and a yellow vest and walk around a lot with a clipboard and 3 sharpened pencils.

    Just thinking it’s going to take at least 8 months to build and then there are the over runs on cost and readjustments which will make it much more expensive than expansive.

    Hope there are no snail darter fish or endangered moss growing where the crews will work.

    Still think it’d just be smarter to build the new bridge and sell the old one back to our County Commission.

  2. Chris in Molino on March 3rd, 2017 12:33 am

    Y’all are too funny.

  3. Willis on March 2nd, 2017 10:07 pm

    Civil engineer you’ve met your match
    Meet anne the sidewalk engineer

  4. chris on March 2nd, 2017 6:37 pm

    Hey Anne we found a civil engineering for you.

  5. Civil Engineer on March 2nd, 2017 4:45 pm

    1. This is County right of way, not State.
    2. Typically, the temporary bridge can be completely disassembled and used at a future project.
    3. The right of way where the temporary bridge is going is probably temporary as well. It is probably secured by license agreement and will go back to the owner once the temporary bridge is removed.
    4. Building the permanent bridge where the temporary bridge is currently shown would require more property because the S curves would be longer for a higher design speed than that used for the current temporary bridge. The county would have to buy more property… spending more money.

  6. old man on March 2nd, 2017 1:22 pm

    they did the same thing on 97 did not make sense the approach to the old bridge was worse than the approach to the temperary bridge if you have the money spend it you can always raise taxes look what they did with the ECAT tax and the FIRE TAX

  7. chris on March 2nd, 2017 1:19 pm

    How do you spur the economy by only building one bridge? Build several instead!

  8. Anne on March 2nd, 2017 10:43 am

    Went to Cordova Mall the other day and was on 12th Avenue where it dips down and a bridge is being built over Carpenter’s Creek by Bayou Texar.

    We couldn’t believe that this thing is STILL under construction.
    It seems like this rather short span bridge is at least in the Second Year of being built.

    Insane waste of taxpayer dollars and believe me WE are paying for every bit of it whether it’s a local, state or federal project.

  9. Anne on March 2nd, 2017 8:31 am

    Okay, I’m not a Civil Engineer but if there is enough state right of way property to build this temporary bridge why not just build the Real Bridge next to the old one?

    Traffic could continue on the old bridge while crews work on the new permanent bridge right next to it.

    When done with the new bridge remove the old one.

    How cost effective is it to build a temp bridge to only tear it down later?
    But then I’m not a Civil Engineer….just a Tax Payer.

  10. fishhook240 on March 2nd, 2017 8:00 am

    Why not build the new bridge next to the old bridge and then realign the lanes to the new bridge. We need a new way of thinking. It surely cost more to build two bridges

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