The Project
The rehabilitation to the 65-year-old Cunningham Bridge is comprehensive and will extend its service life for an estimated 25 years.
The Scope of Work Includes
- Widening shoulders of the road to accommodate new extended guardrails.
- Concrete repairs to curbs, decks, girders, and substructure abutments/pier.
- Replacement of abutment deck and pier joints and bearings
- Removal and replacement of decking and repaving the bridge.
- Applying a sealer to curbs, abutments, and pier.
The bridge rehabilitation project is now done! Thank you for your patience while we worked to improve and maintain Sturgeon County’s infrastructure.
Project Updates
The Cunningham Bridge rehabilitation project is now done!
Work from the final week included:
- The completion inspection was done.
- Project signage was removed.
- Minor work was completed.
- The bridge is fully open.
This week, crews installed snow plow guards, finished grading and added topsoil for seeding. Line painting is scheduled for next week.
Work done over the past week includes:
- Finished crack repairs at the abutments and girders.
- Removed drain trough forms.
- Fixed cracks for curbs and girders.
- Corrected bridge rail posts.
- Installed remaining bridge rail / approach rail posts.
Some of the work done this past week: crews are finishing the approach rain grading, and sandblasting areas of the bridge to get ready for the finish.
The bridge is open to single lane traffic! Construction crews are installing some railings and there's some grading work to be done.
A single lane of traffic is now open.
Work done this week includes:
- Curing cover plate concrete.
- Bridge rail and approach rail installation.
- Waterproofing.
- Paving.
Work done this past week includes:
- Rebar was installed for the approach slabs.
- Concrete was poured for the approach slabs, deck repairs, and abutment repairs.
- Crews prepped the joins for the joint replacement.
Construction crews continued with the backfill for the approach slabs. Concrete was removed at the abutments for repairs and near the joints. The
Construction crews are working on various concrete repairs to the bridge.
Cunningham Bridge is now temporarily closed to all traffic until May 23.