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$21.8 Million, 3-Year Project Underway On Highway 90 Bridges Between Escambia, Santa Rosa
March 14, 2022
Construction is continuing on the Highway 90 bridge project over Simpson River, between Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
Crews have finished installing a temporary barrier wall and have started construction of a temporary work trestle (center) that will be between the westbound and eastbound bridges. Once the work trestle or temporary bridge is complete, the team will begin driving concrete piles for the widening of the westbound bridge.
Once the project is complete in 2025, each bridge will accommodate two, 12-foot travel lanes and 10-foot outside shoulders that will include bike lanes. Additional improvements include milling and resurfacing the bridge approaches, improving drainage, installing new signage, reconstructing curb and gutter, and installing guardrail.
The project’s total cost is $21.8 million.
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10 Responses to “$21.8 Million, 3-Year Project Underway On Highway 90 Bridges Between Escambia, Santa Rosa”
Are any sessions planned for input from the public? The majority here believe that 3 lanes are needed, and I for one, would attend such meeting so that my voice/opinion can be heard? Why must you make 12′ lanes, as opposed to 3 standard sized lanes? The traffic during rush hours is getting to be unbearable, especially for a “small, country town!” How are wider lanes going to ease the traffic situation. Also, while we’re talking about roads, WHEN is Woodbine Road going to be widened? I live on Woodbine and we have had 5 deaths on Woodbine, that I know of in the past year!!! Y’all keep approving all these new communities with apparently zero thought given to the infrastructure problem, here! It’s about time that an investigation be done as to the reason the proper remedies to Pace’s & Milton’s ever-expanding communities & traffic issues are not being addressed properly!
These bridges were damaged in hurricane Ivan in 2004 and are older than most people know. It is about time that they are updating them.
I’ll bet that three-year planned project will stretch to five.
If you travel back and forth to Milton to ensly everyday I do see people riding. I do agree with 3 lanes. We need to fix local traffic first. Not make a bigger funnel to already overloaded roads.
Not sure there is a necessity for a bike lane. Ive seen maybe one biker in 3 years of commuting this stretch of roadway.
How about some forward, rational critical thinking of making a 3rd lane in each direction rather than a bike lane. Not sure anyone in charge has thought about that.
You see, with the population growth of Milton and Pace with subdivisions popping up left and right, doest it seem remotely logical to widen that stretch to 3 lanes each way? That seems like more of a necessity than a …. bike lane?
Perhaps widen Woodbine Road to two lanes each direction?
I know this type of forward critical thought is very difficult for people. Hopefully it doesn’t rack the brain too much as I have done the hard part for you.
@Taree: Yes, I agree less than 10 years for sure.
good repairs for years . some not here when IVAN hit this area !!
Glad to see improvements, but seems that bridges on the Fill are always needing work. Curious about Quintette Road which has become a major highway between Pace and Cantonment, with continual traffic and many large trucks and equipment daily. The narrow bridges on the river are largely original and are as old as me, and I ain’t no spring chicken.
Is it just me or does it seem like those bridges are fairly new?
Can’t recall ever seeing a bike on this stretch of highway. They rebuilt several of these bridges 20+ years ago when I was commuting to UWF. Poor forward thinking have them rebuilding this bridge to two lanes when in 10+ years this entire segment will need widening to three lanes.