Gov. Justice, Department of Transportation Meet in Bridgeport to Celebrate Completed Roadwork
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on October 14, 2019 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
From a grassy hill, overlooking construction on the U.S. Navy PO 1st Class Kevin S. Rux Memorial Bridge in Bridgeport, Gov. Jim Justice and leaders with the Department of Transportation held an event late-last week to celebrate the amount of road work that has been completed in West Virginia through Gov. Justice’s Roads To Prosperity program.“Today, we’re here to announce and celebrate some real greatness that is happening within the state of West Virginia,” Gov. Justice said recently. “The work that has been accomplished is unbelievable.”
Video and photos of the event will be posted here for media download as they become available
The Rux Memorial Bridge, which passes over Interstate 79 in Harrison County, is an the middle of a $4.2 million facelift that involves widening the bridge to more-comfortably handle traffic and replacing its deck to significantly extend the life of the bridge.
The bridge is currently scheduled to be back open to full traffic by February.
It is one of nearly 1,000 Roads To Prosperity projects that have either already been completed, are currently under construction, or will be underway before the end of 2019. These projects represent more than $1.1 billion-worth of work and span more than 1,700 miles.
This Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, marked the two-year anniversary of when West Virginians went to the polls and voted, overwhelmingly, to pass the Governor’s Roads To Prosperity bond program.
In 24 months since the bond referendum passed, 541 projects – worth $385.1 million and spanning 1,185 miles – have been completed through the Roads To Prosperity program. Those projects, spread across all 55 counties, include paving, bridge repairs, slip and slide repairs, and other road improvements.
It is one of nearly 1,000 Roads To Prosperity projects that have either already been completed, are currently under construction, or will be underway before the end of 2019. These projects represent more than $1.1 billion-worth of work and span more than 1,700 miles.
This Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, marked the two-year anniversary of when West Virginians went to the polls and voted, overwhelmingly, to pass the Governor’s Roads To Prosperity bond program.
In 24 months since the bond referendum passed, 541 projects – worth $385.1 million and spanning 1,185 miles – have been completed through the Roads To Prosperity program. Those projects, spread across all 55 counties, include paving, bridge repairs, slip and slide repairs, and other road improvements.
