MONROE - It'll be a few more days before drivers heading north from Monroe will be able to use Highway 69 again.
Rain, Aug. 27, has pushed back the expected opening day of the Bergy Creek Bridge to Thursday, according to Ken Plowman, engineer and inspector with Fehr-Graham & Associates. The company was hired by the state Department of Transportation to oversee construction of a new bridge.
"The rain that came in (Aug. 27) really kicked things back a little longer than I expected," he said.
The bridge work had been anticipated to be completed tonight.
Guardrail will be delivered today, and installed Wednesday along with completion of road striping, Plowman said.
Once the bridge construction is complete, the detour and road-closed signs will be removed, at which point the road will open to traffic.
"Thursday morning, they should come down," he said.
Construction on the Bergy Creek bridge between Monticello and Monroe, which started June 29, was to be completed Aug. 28, but the completion of the project was delayed.
The dates on the signs posted along Wis. 69 in Monticello to the north of the bridge and on the way to Monroe to the south, might not change, but the signs won't be removed until the construction is complete, Plowman said.
There were no significant delays caused by weather or production problems until Aug. 27, but a one-week delay to the start of construction came about due to paperwork processing, Plowman said.
About eight contractors were hired by the state Department of Transportation to complete the $500,000 project, Plowman said.
The cost is normal for a bridge reconstruction of this size, he said. In fact, the price tag was just under estimate, Plowman added.
The Bergy Creek bridge was built in 1959, County Highway Commissioner Dallas Cecil said.
Replacing the bridge was not due to a major structural deficiency, he said. After 50 years of travel, it simply was time to replace the span of road, he said.
Rain, Aug. 27, has pushed back the expected opening day of the Bergy Creek Bridge to Thursday, according to Ken Plowman, engineer and inspector with Fehr-Graham & Associates. The company was hired by the state Department of Transportation to oversee construction of a new bridge.
"The rain that came in (Aug. 27) really kicked things back a little longer than I expected," he said.
The bridge work had been anticipated to be completed tonight.
Guardrail will be delivered today, and installed Wednesday along with completion of road striping, Plowman said.
Once the bridge construction is complete, the detour and road-closed signs will be removed, at which point the road will open to traffic.
"Thursday morning, they should come down," he said.
Construction on the Bergy Creek bridge between Monticello and Monroe, which started June 29, was to be completed Aug. 28, but the completion of the project was delayed.
The dates on the signs posted along Wis. 69 in Monticello to the north of the bridge and on the way to Monroe to the south, might not change, but the signs won't be removed until the construction is complete, Plowman said.
There were no significant delays caused by weather or production problems until Aug. 27, but a one-week delay to the start of construction came about due to paperwork processing, Plowman said.
About eight contractors were hired by the state Department of Transportation to complete the $500,000 project, Plowman said.
The cost is normal for a bridge reconstruction of this size, he said. In fact, the price tag was just under estimate, Plowman added.
The Bergy Creek bridge was built in 1959, County Highway Commissioner Dallas Cecil said.
Replacing the bridge was not due to a major structural deficiency, he said. After 50 years of travel, it simply was time to replace the span of road, he said.