Burgettstown borough prepares for Shady Ave. bridge replacement
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BURGETTSTOWN – Residents of Burgettstown may soon see detour signs as the borough prepares to repair the Shady Avenue Bridge.
The $644,675 restoration project will remove a temporary bridge spanning the Burgetts Fork of Raccoon Creek near the intersection of Shady Avenue and South Main Street. Construction crews will then replace the rundown structure with a new bridge.
Construction is scheduled to begin May 13 and signs warning of the closure will be posted Monday on nearby roads. The project is scheduled to be completed in early November.
The official detour would take traffic from South Main Street onto West Market Street, then right onto Plum Run Avenue before turning left onto West Pittsburgh Street and reaching Shady Avenue.
Vehicles weighing less than three tons can also take an alternate route across the Washington County-owned bridge on West Pittsburgh Street.
The bridge is also known as the “Plum Run Bridge” and the waterway it spans is sometimes called Plum Run Creek.
Eighty percent of the project’s costs were funded by federal grants, with 15 percent paid for by the state and Burgettstown picking up the remaining 5 percent.
Marricco Construction in Canonsburg is the contractor in charge of the project.