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Augusta County – Route 774 Bridge

Project at a Glance

Begin Date
Project awarded on March 5, 2009

Est Completion Date
November 13, 2009

Cost
Contract value $821,838.00

Lengths and Limits
between Route 608 (Battlefield Road) and Route 775 (Craig Shop Road)

Contractor
Hammond-Mitchell Inc. of Covington, Va.

Locality
Augusta

District
Staunton

Contact

Project Details

Replace Route 774 bridge. The new structure will be a two-lane, double span, 28-foot wide steel beam and concrete deck bridge with an unrestricted weight limit. This location is on Route 774 (Cline River Road, New Hope), between Route 608 (Battlefield Road) and Route 775 (Craig Shop Road).

Benfits

This will replace a 3-ton weight limit, single-lane steel truss bridge built in 1905. The new structure will have full roadway approaches with shoulders transitioning into the existing stabilized road. The new bridge will have an unrestricted weight limit.

During Construction

Route 774 (Cline River Road, New Hope), between Route 608 (Battlefield Road) and Route 775 (Craig Shop Road), will be closed.

Current Traffic Alerts

Motorists can use the following detour:

Northbound on Route 774, take Route 608 (Battlefield Road) to Route 778 (Knightly Mill Road) to Route 775 (Craig Shop Road) to Route 774.
Southbound on Route 774, take Route 775 (Craig Shop Road) to Route 778 (Knightly Mill Road) to Route 608 (Battlefield Road) to Route 774.

Message signs will be placed at various locations on Route 774, Route 775, Route 778 and Route 608 to alert motorists of this traffic pattern change.

Page last modified: Oct. 27, 2010

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