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About the Project

This project will repair the structurally deficient Hooes Road bridge over Accotink Creek. The three-span bridge is about 150 feet long and has a timber deck supported on 13 steel beams. The abutment foundations are steel piles and the pier foundations are concrete spread footings on rock. The bridge superstructure has a condition rating of 4 (poor). For this project, the entire existing timber deck/steel beam superstructure will be replaced with continuous beams with concrete deck. The proposed superstructure width will be limited to fit within the available room on the existing abutments and piers. The abutments and piers will not be widened. The existing bridge roadway has two lanes with face-to-face rail width of 26 feet (overall bridge width is 28 feet). Approach roadway pavement width is approximately 25 feet.  The bridge roadway width will be increased to 27 feet, which is as wide as possible without widening the abutments and piers.

Work to the bridge approach roadway will include replacing existing guardrail and repairing the approach roadway/pavement near the bridge. The erosion and sediment and roadside development plasn will be prepared to address construction access and contractor lay down area. Hydraulics, hydrology and scour analyses are not included in the scope of this project.

Right of Way

There are no anticipated right-of-way impacts, and all work should be performed within existing right of way. No temporary construction easements will be acquired for this project.

Traffic Impacts

To complete the project as quickly as possible, the bridge will need to be closed for about six months. The closure is timed for the beginning of summer 2012, to minimize impacts to surrounding communities and vital services, such as fire/rescue and school bus traffic. Hooes Road will be closed to traffic at the bridge and the detour will be posted.

As of 2009 about 330 vehicles per day use this section of Hooes Road. 

Page last modified: Jan. 5, 2012

 

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