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Another Arthur Brown Road Bridge Closed
November 8, 2017
The Florida Department of Transportation has closed the bridge on Arthur Brown Road (CR99A) at Freeman Springs Branch immediately until further notice due to a failed inspection. Escambia County received notice from FDOT late Monday, Nov. 8. As the notice was just received, no opening date has yet been projected.
The bridge is located between Pine Forest Road and Pineville Road.
The detour from the west is South Pineville Road to Occie Philips Road to CR97A/Pine Forest Road to CR99A. The detour from the east is CR97A/Pine Forest Road to Occie Philips Road to South Pineville Road to CR99A.
In late September, the Florida Department of Transportation ordered an emergency closure of the Arthur Brown Road bridge over Boggy Creek. The bridge near the Walnut Hill Baptist Church failed two inspections. In July, work began at the location to construct a temporary road and bridge in order to construct a new permanent bridge. Work is continuing on that temporary bridge.
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3 Responses to “Another Arthur Brown Road Bridge Closed”
This is becoming ridiculous, it is also starting to become a safety issue for 911
access. The residents that live here are now being limited to one way in or out.
The state needs to fix the bridges that are already tore out before closing bridges. Whether it is contract work or not it should not take 12 months to fix any bridge in this county.
So the real question is how long is this going to take????
Why has the construction/repair/progress of the other bridges that are out taking so long? Many days you can drive through these areas and not see a crew working, at the inconvenience of the area residents. I’m sure this has to do with the location of each of these bridges, but that is not an excuse. The citizens of north Escambia County pay their fair share of taxes within the county/state also. Someone needs to get the County Commissioner on point with getting this kick started to completion!
Maybe if we started investing in roads and bridges which are being repaired on the cheap rather than fixed only to last a few years or until the next six inch rain. We fill the jails with non violent criminals at a cost of 50k a year and have no money to fix roads properly. How about this novel idea….stop putting dopes and mopes in jail for fifty years and start building bridges again that can last for fifty years before the next road closing and inconvenience to the taxpayers. The tail is wagging the dog.