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Rio Blanco commissioners approve $720,000 full rehabilitation of County Road 17 Bridal bridge
Summary
The board approved option 3 — a full rehabilitation estimated at $720,000 — to reopen County Road 17 Bridal and maximize its remaining lifespan, with commissioners citing speed and value compared with federal grant timelines.
The Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Sept. 30 to approve a $720,000 full rehabilitation of the County Road 17 Bridal bridge ("option 3"), a project county staff and consultants said would restore piers, lagging and decking and extend the structure’s service life more rapidly than lesser repairs or a full replacement.
County staff and an engineer summarized four repair options developed by SGM engineers: (1) a localized repair that welds plates onto existing piles, estimated to provide roughly five years of additional life and cost about $320,000; (2) installing new piles in front of existing piles with load-rating fixes but…
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