Nicodemus Road bridge to reopen Friday
A new bridge carrying Nicodemus Road over Liberty Reservoir between Baltimore and Carroll counties will open to traffic after almost two years under construction, the Baltimore Department of Transportation has announced.
The department, which maintains the bridge because it falls within the city-owned reservoir system, said the concrete replacement bridge is scheduled to open to vehicles and pedestrians about 3. p.m. Friday. The new two-lane bridge, with a sidewalk, is 552-feet long and passes over water as deep as 90 feet. (The city had earlier said the bridge would open Monday.)
The city began the $8.2 million replacement project in October 2009 with the demolition of the old bridge, which had been built in 1952. That section of Nicodemus Road remained closed during the project, and motorists had to use detours.
The new bridge includes sidewalks, safety fencing, ornamental railings and rebuilt approaches, the city said. The city Department of Public Works said that when the bridge opens, people will once again be permitted to fish from the bridge and to take boats under the bridge to reach upstream areas of the reservoir – activities that were not allowed during construction.
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When are they going to take down the obnoxious detour signs ?
Posted by: Fred | June 29, 2011 10:48 PM