Work continues on the Satilla River Bridge on U.S. Highway 84 at the Pierce-Ware County line.
The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Transportation Investment Act (TIA) recently gave an update on the project.
DOT Communications director Jill Nagel said the project is on budget and a little ahead of schedule. The replacement project completion date is officially August 31, 2027.
The contractor on the bridge project is Scott Bridge Company of Opelika, AL.
The first new span was completed last September and replacement of the original span over the river is now underway.
Construction crews are now pouring the columns and working on the deck for the new bridge.
The $44.9 million replacement project is a GDOT project, but about $3 million of the total cost will come from the TIA regional sales tax approved by voters in 2018.
The original bridge was first constructed in 1923 but the span was overhauled and widened in 1982 when U.S. Highway 84 was four-laned. A top-stone American Legion memorial at the crown of the bridge pays homage to local war dead from World War I in 1917-1918.
Since U.S. 84 is a major east-west traffic artery, GDOT did a two-phase replacement to keep the bridge open during construction.
