At their regular Wednesday morning meeting, Monroe County commissioners approved a $79,725 contract with CLR, Inc to fix a hole in the bridge on Bus SR 37 (aka North Walnut Street), just south of the on-ramp to I-69.
The bridge spans Beanblossom Creek.
The emergency work is expected to be done sometime in mid-August.
Of the three companies contacted by Monroe County’s highway department, CLR, Inc. was the only company to provide a quote. The other two companies that were asked for a quote were Force Construction and Ragle, Inc.
According the meeting information packet, those two companies were not able to give quotes, due to their current workload.
Highway director Lisa Ridge confirmed to The B Square that the steel plate that has been laid over the hole—marked with orange barrels and indicated on the bridge’s approach for drivers with signage reading “BUMP”—is a temporary measure, not the emergency fix. Continue reading “$80K emergency repair of bridge north of Bloomington OK’d by county commissioners”