Renwick Bridge Project On Schedule; Road Closure Begins May 29
The $7.4 million project is scheduled to be largely completed by November.
It was a project more than 20 years in the making, but work on a new structure to replace the century-old one-lane Renwick Road bridge is moving along quickly, officials say, with a planned completion date in November. But as road reconstruction begins, motorists who still use the historic bridge in their daily travels may want to find an alternate route. The intersection of Renwick and River roads is scheduled to close to through traffic from May 29 through mid-August. Craig Young of Hutchison Engineering said the existing bridge, built around 1912, will remain open, but detour signs will redirect traffic around the intersection. “You’ll still be able to cross the old bridge, but you’ll have to go south to Fraser Road to get to Route 59…
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John Tips
2:57 pm on Friday, October 5, 2012
This should have been an ABOVE Grade bridge which would have allowed police and other emergency personnel to cross over the river and train tracks! This down is LOCKED DOWN by traffic already, and it is twice as bad when a freight train comes through! Throwing more of our tax dollars down on more engineering costs was foolish act as well. This is just another reason that Illinois needs to get rid… more ›