It's been out for more than a decade, but the bridge on Dollar Road is finally reopened.
"People have had to drive several miles around just to go what would have been less than a mile," Washington Parish Councilman Andre Johnson said at a previous meeting, but now, those days are past.
The Dollar Road Bridge, longest in the parish with the exception of bridges over either the Bogue Chitto River or Pearl River, has finally been completed.
"It's really nice," Parish President Richard Thomas said Monday night. "It's landscaped and looks really nice, and people are already pulling down alongside it to fish or cool off in the water."
In addition to the Dollar Road Bridge, the Hilltop Church Road Bridge has also been inspected and opened to traffic by the Louisiana DOTD. Parish officials are waiting on Martin Road Bridge to be inspected and opened.
Three bridges, including the Poplas Street Bridge in Bogalusa, will have contracts let in August. While that means it could be another 75 days before construction starts, it also means it could be a shorter time line as well.
Parish government is responsible for all bridges in the parish.
(Published first at http://www.wpnewsblog.blogspot.com)
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