VDOT News - Fredericksburg
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IMMEDIATE Alexis Breeden 540-547-1752 [email protected] |
FRED-205051 Aug. 11, 2023 |
BESTLAND ROAD REOPENS IN ESSEX COUNTY AT DRAGON RUN
VDOT state forces bridge crew completed a major bridge rehabilitation project today that replaced the bridge's deck with a concrete slab structure on concrete abutments and concrete piles.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Route 612 (Bestland Road) in Essex County at Dragon Run will reopen at 6 p.m. today, Aug. 11, after a major bridge rehabilitation project.
A Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) state forces bridge crew replaced the structurally deficient, steel beam timber deck bridge with a new 48-foot concrete slab structure on concrete abutments and concrete piles. The bridge was built in 1958.
Traffic had been detoured since construction began in mid-Jan. 2023. Around 369 vehicles a day travel Bestland Road.
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VDOT’s 14-county Fredericksburg District includes the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford in the Fredericksburg area; Northumberland, Richmond, Lancaster and Westmoreland counties in the Northern Neck; Essex, Gloucester, King & Queen, King William, Mathews and Middlesex counties in the Middle Peninsula.
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