Gov. Beshear Announces Funding For Design Of Replacement Bridge In Glasgow

"The current bridge served the community well for many years, and even today it is structurally sound, Gov. Beshear said

GLASGOW, Ky (WBKO) -- Governor Beshear today announced funding for design to fast-track a much-needed replacement bridge on a roadway vital to three educational institutions in Glasgow.

The new bridge and approaches will take the place of a narrow, functionally obsolete span built in 1963 to carry KY 249 Roseville Road over the South Fork of Beaver Creek.

The bridge is between Roseville Roads intersections with Hilltopper Way and Trojan Trail, which together provide access to the Glasgow campus of Western Kentucky University and to Barren County High School and Barren County Middle School.

"The current bridge served the community well for many years, and even today it is structurally sound, Gov. Beshear said. But the needs of the community, especially the need for safe and efficient access to the high school, middle school and Westerns Glasgow campus, have outgrown the old bridge.

The Governor said he and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet have committed $120,000 toward design of a new bridge. Funding for other phases of a replacement project right of way, utilities and construction will have to be provided in a future Kentucky Highway Plan. But the immediate commitment of design funding will give us a much-needed jump start on a new bridge, Gov. Beshear said.

This bridge has served our area well for decades, but the need to replace it is clear, so I want to thank Gov. Beshear, the Transportation Cabinet and my colleagues in the General Assembly for working with me to get that project underway, said Rep. Johnny Bell, of Glasgow. Like many others, Im looking forward to the day when this new bridge is complete. Im committed to making that happen as quickly as possible.

A lot of traffic comes into Barren County from this direction, and this proposal will really help open up KY 249, said Barren County Judge-Executive Davie Greer. We have worked with the Transportation Cabinet for a long time, and Im pleased to see this project, which is desperately needed, move forward.

I want to thank Gov. Beshear, the Transportation Cabinet and others involved in this project for investing in Glasgows future, said Glasgow Mayor Rhonda Riherd Trautman. The Highway 249 bridge project will improve the infrastructure and safety for those who travel this road for generations to come. It is a great example of the state stepping in to help meet the needs of the citizens of Glasgow.

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