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Judge S.S. Jolley Bridge Gets Parallel Span to Marco Island By Angela B. Hurni CEG CORRESPONDENT
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Marco Island, located in Collier County, Fla., measures 24 sq. mi. (62.4 sq km) and is the largest Barrier Island within Florida’s Ten Thousand Islands, which are located near the southern end of Florida on the Gulf Coast and extend from Marco Island to Cape Sable. The island’s only bridge connecting it to the mainland is the Judge S.S. Jolley Bridge on SR 951, which can take drivers to Naples, U.S. 41 or I-75. A new span next to the present bridge is currently under construction. The present bridge will stay put while workers build a parallel span that will help improve the route’s capacity to and from the island. FIGG/Johnson Bros. is the design/build team on this project, and Eisman & Russo is the consultant doing engineering and inspection (CEI) for the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) District One. The cost of the project is $25.5 million and the CEI cost is $2.4 million. The bridge construction is being funded through the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
N.C. Approves $136M Project to Replace 55-Year-Old I-85 Bridge SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) North Carolina transportation officials have approved a $136 million project to replace a 55-year-old bridge on one of the most congested areas of Interstate 85. State officials said work should begin in October to replace the four-lane bridge over the Yadkin River near Salisbury with an eight-lane bridge. The project also will expand about 3 mi. (4.8
km) of I-85 south of the bridge to eight lanes and replace a nearby bridge that takes U.S. 29/70 over the river. The stretch of I-85 carries about 60,000 vehicles a day between Charlotte and Greensboro through the narrow stretch that includes a curve near the Yadkin River crossing. Construction firm Flatiron-Lane hopes to finish the project by January 2013.