June 2022 Road and Trail Conditions
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@CaseyKane50 219224 wrote:
The bridge repairs have been delayed by weather and challenges in tearing up the old concrete. The contractor said they expect to finish with the repaving early next week.
Carrying this over from the May R&TC thread (can I do that?)
Pretty embarrassing turn of events on the bridge project in west Alexandria. For the past week or so, no signs of any progress at all. Then today, on Alexandria’s project webpage, a brief note that the project is on hiatus due to “material shortage”.
Then, down at the bridge itself, the project poster has had the completion dates taped-over, an apparent white flag from the city.
This is very frustrating because the bridge was perfectly functional up until the moment the city closed it down for repairs, and now an important connector from the Duke Street corridor to Taney Avenue is closed off indefinitely.
@Fairlington124 219328 wrote:
Carrying this over from the May R&TC thread (can I do that?)
Pretty embarrassing turn of events on the bridge project in west Alexandria. For the past week or so, no signs of any progress at all. Then today, on Alexandria’s project webpage, a brief note that the project is on hiatus due to “material shortage”.
Then, down at the bridge itself, the project poster has had the completion dates taped-over, an apparent white flag from the city.
This is very frustrating because the bridge was perfectly functional up until the moment the city closed it down for repairs, and now an important connector from the Duke Street corridor to Taney Avenue is closed off indefinitely.
Yes, it is frustrating, but I would not say the bridge was perfectly functional before the work began. The surface had been deteriorating for several years, exposing the rebar that helps support the bridge structure. What was unfortunate was a supply disruption for the speciality concrete that they were using for the project. Probably should have ensured they had more than enough to finish the project before starting.
As to the sign, the initial dates for completion of the project were incorrect in the body of the text. The title on the sign had the correct dates. Rather than remaking the signs, the city used tape to correct the dates
This picture shows the incorrect dates in the body of the text.
The same sign with tape correcting the mistake.
@Fairlington124 219328 wrote:
Carrying this over from the May R&TC thread (can I do that?)
This is very frustrating because the bridge was perfectly functional up until the moment the city closed it down for repairs, and now an important connector from the Duke Street corridor to Taney Avenue is closed off indefinitely.
Here are a couple of pictures from 2019 showing the condition of the bridge surface. You can see that they had attempted to fix the deterioration with patches.
@Fairlington124 219328 wrote:
Carrying this over from the May R&TC thread (can I do that?)
Pretty embarrassing turn of events on the bridge project in west Alexandria. For the past week or so, no signs of any progress at all. Then today, on Alexandria’s project webpage, a brief note that the project is on hiatus due to “material shortage”.
Then, down at the bridge itself, the project poster has had the completion dates taped-over, an apparent white flag from the city.
This is very frustrating because the bridge was perfectly functional up until the moment the city closed it down for repairs, and now an important connector from the Duke Street corridor to Taney Avenue is closed off indefinitely.
The Beatley Bridge has reopened..
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