By ROD ZOOK
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Work continues on two major bridge projects in the county. Reno County Public Works Director Don Brittain says that both the 43rd Avenue bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad and the Arkansas River Bridge on Nickerson Road are running at or ahead of schedule.
“They’re right on schedule,” Brittain said in regard to the 43rd Avenue project. “We’re driving pilings now for the abutments. There haven't been any surprises for that bridge.”
Brittain says the Nickerson Road bridge project is also moving along and could be finished ahead of schedule. That would mean the road opening by the summer of 2021.
As far as the 43rd Avenue project, Brittain is hopeful it could also open in 2021.
“The 43rd Avenue bridge was scheduled to be completed by February of 2022,” Brittain said. “Everything is going pretty good on that bridge.”
Brittain added that it could be as early as the fall of 2021 for the project's completion.
The total cost of the 43rd Avenue project is $3.7 million.