Work should begin in the near future on replacing a closed area bridge as the West Virginia Division of Highways announced the approval earlier this week of a nearly $6 million bid to do the replacement.
The bid was approved April 25. It occurred after a bid letting April 9.
Due to the approval, the Hutchinson Truss Bridge in Marion County will be replaced. The low bid for the bridge replacement came in at $5,987,713.11. The total, according to WVDOH District Four Construction Engineer Jason Nelson, is just a little over the engineer’s estimate.
Nelson said the bridge in question has been closed for several years. He was not sure how long, but the closing, as noted above, has been for multiple years.
The new bridge structure will cross the West Fork River from the community of Hutchinson (just south of Worthington) to US Route 19 to replace the old one. It should be noted that the new structure will be built downstream of the existing one and will carry Marion County Route 90/3.
“The actual work for the project should begin sometime mid-summer this year and is planned to be completed by October of 2026,” said Nelson.
Kokosing Construction Co. of Fredericktown, Ohio, was the winning contractor.
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