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Work on road begins in Warren
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Motorists experienced some delays Friday afternoon on the Parkman Road Northwest bridge over the Mahoning River in Warren as a result of the $4.6 million construction project being carried out to replace the bridge. The project most likely will continue into 2013.
Staff report
WARREN
Construction has started on the second of two large state-administered bridge projects in the city.
The $1.3 million replacement of the Warren Boulevard bridge over the Ohio Central Railroad near Logan Avenue Southeast began Monday. The bridge will be closed for 150 days, until early October.
The state-recommended detour follows state routes 169 and 46.
Meanwhile, the $5.2 million project to replace the Parkman Road bridge over the Mahoning River in the Northwest area near Leavitt Road started last month and most likely will extend into 2013, said Paul Makosky, Warren’s director of engineering, planning and building.
Travel in both directions — at least two lanes of travel — will be maintained throughout the construction with brief exceptions late at night a couple of times, said Justin Chesnic, spokesman for Ohio Department of Transportation District 4 in Akron.
Marucci and Gaffney Excavating of Youngstown is the contractor for both projects. For the Parkman Road project, the city of Warren’s share of the cost is $34,000. The city has no local share for the Warren Boulevard project.
In addition to the replacement of the bridge on Parkman Road, the project also includes road widening to install three left-turn lanes at the Lover’s Lane, Tod Avenue and Brookside Drive intersections. Sidewalk and utility improvements also will be included.
In order to work under the Parkman Road bridge, Marucci and Gaffney has put fill material into the river at the edges of the bridge to provide an area where equipment can be parked that will lower the bridge beams into place, Chesnik said.
The Warren Boulevard project involves replacement of the bridge deck, piers (which hold up the beams) and abutment walls, pavement and guard rail. Repairs to the substructure also will take place.
State and federal funds paid for most of the work.