This morning the Walnut Street Bridge re-opened a month earlier than anticipated.
On Dec. 9, 2009 the bridge was closed to replace the pavement in the center of the bridge with timber, a $1.3 million project estimated to be completed in May.
But not only was the bridge finished ahead of schedule, city officials said they had money left from the initial budget which allowed them to also change the timber on the sidewalk.
A portion of the upstream of the sidewalk will be closed until June 9, city official say, before working on the downstream side. The entire bridge will be open by July 15.
For complete details, see tomorrow’s Times Free Press.