Tennessee Department of Transportation officials say the project to replace the old U.S. Highway 41 bridge across Nickajack Lake in Marion County is nearly complete. The replacement bridge’s final concrete pier should be finished this week, TDOT spokeswoman Jennifer Flynn said.The first concrete span of the replacement bridge over the Tennessee River on U.S. Highway 41 in Marion County looks as if it’s stretching to reach the other side.
Tennessee Department of Transportation officials say the project is on schedule for 2014 completion, as the last of seven piers is nearly finished.
The replacement bridge’s final pier “will be complete this week or next,” TDOT spokeswoman Jennifer Flynn said.
Crews are preparing to set the concrete beams on all the spans this summer, Flynn said.
“Things have gone very well this year, so far,” she said. “We still expect to have the new bridge open to traffic by February 2014.”