Bridges
Weekly Update #6
20
May 2004
ON SCHEDULE
Of
the 146 bridges scheduled to be repaired this year, we are completed with 24 of
them, and 8 more are currently works-in-progress as of May 13th. All bridge work is scheduled to be completed
by November 1, 2004. As of now, it
appears we will meet that schedule. So
far everything is on schedule.
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E-80
and Osmose are both working between Elkton and Wolsey on RRIF bridges.
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The
Sioux River Bridge is being worked on by E-80.
Prep work began on March 15th. On April 12th, they started driving pilings with 30 of
78 pilings being driven thus far. The
track and approach has been raised 16”.
It is on schedule and will be completed by November 1, 2004.
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The
Cottonwood and Mine Creek bridges are slated to begin May 15, 2004 and
completed July 15, 2004.
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Gage
Brothers in Sioux Falls is building the ballast tubs for the Mine Creek and the
Sioux Valley Bridges.