Ringwood Road Bridge Closed Signage

Ringwood Road Bridge Closed Signage
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The Tompkins County Highway Division held a Public Pre-Construction Meeting this evening (August 8th) at 5:30pm at the bridge on Ringwood Road in Dryden that is slated for replacement starting on Monday, August 13th.

John Lampman, from Tompkins County Highway led the meeting with introductions, involved parties and a project overview.

The work hours are 7am to 3:30pm, Monday to Friday. NYSEG has been contacted and it is very unlikely that there will be any outage during construction. There will be no pedestrian crossing during the three weeks of construction. The creek will be modified at most within 30-40 feet of the bridge upstream and downstream. Fire and Rescue services have been notified and have developed a plan for coverage and routes to the hospital.

More Details of the project are here:
http://www.co.tompkins.ny.us/highway/bridgeupdt.html#Section2

Ringwood Road Bridge over Cascadilla Creek Tributary, Town of Dryden.

This project will replace a 31-foot span, 70-year old bridge over Cascadilla Creek, in the Town of Dryden. Serious girder section loss led to posting the bridge with a 19-ton weight limit in 1998. Bridge and approach railings are substandard, deteriorated, and ineffective, leading to safety flags in recent years. The new bridge will bring the crossing to standard design width and capacity, as well as upgrade railings and approaches.

Funding: 80% Federal; 15% NY State; 5% Tompkins County.
Budgeted County Share: $22,550

Status: A construction contract has been awarded to G. DeVincentis & Sons Construction of Binghamton, NY.

Schedule: A public pre-construction meeting will be held at the bridge site on Wednesday, August 8th, at 5:30 p.m. The bridge will be closed for construction beginning on Monday, August 13th.

It is an approximately $450,000 bridge project of which the county is only paying 5%. The bridge will be closed for about 3 weeks and then will have sporatic two lane to one lane travel until around October 1st, 2007.

For more details, contact John Lampman, the project manager at 274-0307 or jlampman@tompkins-co.org