Division Street bridge in Youngstown to be replaced

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County commissioners voted this afternoon to advertise for bids for replacement of the Division Street bridge over the Mahoning River in Youngstown.

In the $2.4 million project, the contractor must first bore under the river to relocate an 18-inch water supply line serving the Vallourec Star pipe-making complex. The water supply pipe now crosses the bridge.

Once that is accomplished, the bridge will close on or after Feb. 1 for the nine-month demolition and replacement project.

The structurally deficient, 1939-vintage steel-truss bridge is “functionally obsolete” because its 22-foot-wide roadway is too narrow for the area’s truck traffic, said Randy Partika, county bridge engineer.

The new bridge will feature a concrete slab deck with a 30-foot-wide roadway supported by steel beams.

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