Projects to Improve and Repair Bridges

Open for Public Review: Projects Worth $7.5M to Improve, Repair Bridges

BALTIMORE (March 16, 2011) – Baltimore and Carroll counties have asked to add $7.5 million dollars in bridge improvement projects to the Baltimore Regional Transportation Board’s 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).

Baltimore County is requesting to add a $1.7 million preservation project to repair the Jericho covered bridge over the Little Gunpowder Falls. The bridge, located near Jerusalem in Harford County and Kingsville in Baltimore County, was built in 1865 and was last rehabilitated in 1982. It currently has a Bridge Sufficiency Rating of 48.5. This project includes replacing deteriorated timber, repairing the roof, painting, etc.

$1.3 million of the funding will come from the Federal Highway Administration’s National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program. Baltimore and Harford counties, the joint owners of the bridge, will allocate a total of $39,800 to complete the funding.

Carroll County is requesting amendments for the following bridge projects.　 Funding for these projects will come from the Federal Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.

• White Rock Road over Piney Run
  New Project Funding Source; Advances Project by 1 year
  $576,000 to replace key features on bridge to address structural safety issues and deterioration of current structure.
• Bollinger Road over Beaver Run
  Federal Funding Received for Construction
  $691,000 to replace the single span bridge as beams are in poor condition, exhibiting section loss and severe corrosion.　
• Shepherds Mill Road over Little Pipe Creek
  New Preservation Project
  Approximately $4 million to replace this bridge built in 1965.
• Areawide Bridge Cleaning and Painting
  New Preservation Project for 5 bridges
  $575,000 to clean and paint 5 local bridges (Mumma Ford Road over Monocacy; McKinstrys Mill Road over Little Pipe Creek; Winters Church over Little Pipe Creek; Grimville Road over Gillis Falls; and Woodbine Road over South Branch of Patapsco). The purpose of this project is to stop corrosion and provide protection of steel bridges.

These amendments to the TIP are open for public review and comment through Monday, April 11, 2011.　Comments may be submitted in writing to:

The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board
Offices @ McHenry Row
1500 Whetstone Way, Suite 300
Baltimore, MD 21230
Fax:　 410-732-8248

E-mail: comments@baltometro.org
Web: www.baltometro.org/bboard

All mailed comments must be received no later than 3 days after the close of the comment period.

Public meetings to answer questions and accept comments on these amendments to the 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program will be held as follows:

Jericho Covered Bridge:

Baltimore County Office Building
111 W. Chesapeake Ave., Room 215
Towson, MD 21204
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Carroll County Bridges:

Carroll County Office Complex
225 North Center Street, Room 003
Westminster, MD 212
Monday, April 4, 2011
6:00 – 7:00 pm. 　

Comments may be submitted at these public meetings or during the Public Comment Opportunity at the BRTB meeting on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. or on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 4:30 p.m., when a tentative vote is scheduled.

For more information, contact:

Regina Aris, raris@baltometro.org, 410-732-9572
Monica Haines Benkhedda, mhainesbenkhedda@baltometro.org, 410-732-0500 x1047

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