State Awards Bridge Contract

Date Posted: March 19, 2015

Posted In: Projects,

From eMissourian: A key component of the future plan to widen Highway 47 to four lanes was approved this week.

During their meeting Wednesday, members of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved awarding a $3 million contract for rehabilitation and widening of the Highway 47 bridge over Flat Creek at Union.

The bridge and related intersection improvements at Flat Creek are designed to reduce traffic congestion at that point.

Kozeny-Wagner, Inc., Arnold, earned the contract with the low bid of $3,077,978.

Judy Wagner, MoDOT area engineer, called the decision “good news,” for Franklin County.

There had been some concern that the highway commission might reject all three bids submitted since the lowest one was more than $196,000 over the budgeted amount of $2,881,000.

Other bids were submitted by Vee-Jay Cement Construction, St. Louis, $3,745,735, and R.V. Wagner Inc., St. Louis, $3,412,416.