Info from the County

County Commissioner Phil Vandiver finally had a meeting with the County Engineer and the bridge contractors so he could answer his constituent's questions.
His report (found on his Facebook page) confirms that the bridge sections are FINALLY being fabricated and delivery should start at the end of next week.
This of course gets us in conflict with Thanksgiving week so we shouldn't expect to much in the way of progress until AFTER Thanksgiving.

In order to start setting the piers we will need a full week without significant rainfall.
When they start setting the bridge sections the water from the creek will have to be diverted around the bridge so the piers can be dry and the grout that holds the bridge in place can cure for a full week.
According to Mr. Vandiver,
 "The plan as of yesterday was to start pumping water around the bridge on a Monday and start setting bridge sections the next day after the piers are dry. It will take 3 days to set all of the sections and another day or two for the grout to dry before they can quit pumping water around the bridge."
 "Once the bridge is set it will take a week for everything to cure and reach proper strength. When all strengths are at the levels needed they can start filling with dirt back to the bridge sections. Once the dirt is in we will have to build the road back with gravel base, asphalt base and the wear surface to ride on. Also there have to be guard rails installed and striping of the roadway so we all know which lane to drive in."

He also reminded us that if the progress gets delayed more then we will run into Christmas and New Years which will delay us even more.

So ... there you have it.