FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) -(March 16, 2022) – Allen County has been awarded $7 million in federal funds to help pay for the upgrading of four county bridges.
The funding awarded by the Indiana Department of Transportation will help pay for 80 percent of the cost of each project, with local funds covering the remaining portions.
Here are the bridges to be upgraded, the proposed projects, and the costs involved.
• Woodburn Road bridge: replace the existing structure, raise the bridge profile one and a-half feet and upgrade the bridge rail and approach; total cost $2.1 million using $1.7 million in federal funds.
• Cuba Road bridge: replace the existing structure with a wider, longer and higher bridge along with replacing bridge rail and approach; total cost $1.7 million using $1.3 million in federal funds.
• Hamilton Road bridge: remove the existing structure, repair or replace truss members and rehabilitate some substructure before placing the structure back on its foundations; total cost $2.8 million using $2.2 million in federal funds.
• Van Zile Road bridge: remove the existing structure, repair or replace truss members before placing the structure back on its foundations along with encasement of masonry abutments with concrete to improve drainage; total cost $3.8 million using $3 million in federal funds.
Preliminary engineering on all four projects is expected to take place later this year with bidding on construction expected to take place by 2027.
