US Grant Bridge - Portsmouth, OH
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DaveGoliath
N 38° 43.704 W 082° 59.828
17S E 326397 N 4288531
The new US Grant Bridge opened in 2006
Waymark Code: WM9C5V
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2010
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from Wikipedia.org
Contracts for the new U.S. Grant Bridge were given in the spring of 2001. Construction was expected to be complete in June 2004, but work fell behind schedule due to inclement weather, unusual flooding of the Ohio River, and the partial sinking of a floating construction barge which carried one of the cranes used to work on the center span of the bridge. The date of completion was moved to October 16, 2006.
U.S. Grant Bridge under construction on June 21, 2005In addition, many downtown business owners were upset over the delays and often criticized the construction company, C.J. Mahan Construction Company, for delays on days when it was sunny and the river levels were average.
It should be noted that the bridge was critically underdesigned and not constructible until C.J. Mahan stopped construction and awaited a near complete redesign by the design consultant.[citation needed]
Another complaint was that this is the first major bridge project the construction company that was awarded the construction contract has worked on. However, C.J. Mahan has constructed other large bridges in Ohio and West Virginia. Local business owners demanded that ODOT pay local businesses US8 million dollars in lost profit
Date Completed: 10/16/2006
Usage: Automobile
Length: 2,155 ft
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