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FDOT outlines SunTrail projects in Bradford County, including two pedestrian bridges and June 11 bid opening
Summary
Florida Department of Transportation officials described four SunTrail projects that would extend the Lake Butler–Hampton corridor through Bradford County, detailed construction constraints at CSX railroad crossings and estimated timelines for two projects out to 2027.
Barney Bennett, a consultant project manager with the Florida Department of Transportation, told the Bradford County Board of County Commissioners that FDOT will put three of four SunTrail corridor projects out to bid on June 11 and that design plans for those sections are complete.
The county-commission meeting presentation described four linked trail segments: a 2.3-mile segment connecting Union County Road 2307 to Bradford County Road 2305 (including replacement of a railroad trestle with a roughly 600-foot pedestrian bridge); a 4.1-mile segment into Sampson City; a 3.4-mile segment (unfunded) through Sampson City that requires CSX crossing easements and a 20-foot pedestrian bridge over the Sampson River; and a 2.9-mile Hampton segment that includes a 225-foot pedestrian bridge over U.S. 301.
Why this matters: the SunTrail corridor would close gaps in a trail that begins in Lake Butler and is intended to link to Hampton and to longer regional connections toward Keystone Heights and St. Augustine.…
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