“It will be an inconvenience for a little while, but it will be worth it,” Ponsart said. He said the deck of the 127-year-old bridge needs to be replaced. About 155 vehicles cross the bridge each day. 8, at the intersection of Thompson and Hemphill roads, carries less traffic, Wasko said. Nearly 400 vehicles a day cross the 54-foot span. Wasko said the bridge merited a “poor” rating after the inspection revealed one of the bridge abutments is in bad shape. 7, constructed of pre-stressed concrete, was built in 1877 and sits along Thompson Road just east of Hemphill Road. There is no weight restriction on either bridge.īull Creek No. “Anytime we can get help with work like this and it doesn’t come out of township tax money, we’re happy,” township Secretary Pam Ponsart said.Ī detour will be determined prior to the work, but residents likely will be familiar with ways to get around the projects, she said.īoth bridges were inspected in October. The engineering contract estimate is about $2.1 million. The Fern Hollow Bridge, which carries Forbes Avenue over Frick Park in Squirrel Hill, is owned and maintained by the City of Pittsburgh. In the wake of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh in January, county officials said they plan to repair, replace or remove all 27 of the county’s bridges that are rated to be in “poor” condition within the next few years. 8 to follow in 2024.Ī recently approved $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure bill will help fund the county’s work on the Bull Creek bridges and others. 7 to happen next year and construction on Bull Creek No.
Wasko said he expects work on Bull Creek No. “Our schedule is tentative, but we plan to bid both of the bridge projects together under one contract this summer,” he said. 8, the county is planning to replace the superstructure, which is the portion of the bridge that supports the deck. 7 will be dismantled and replaced, Wasko said.įor Bull Creek No. Neither of the spans is unsafe, Allegheny County Public Works spokesman Brent Wasko said.īull Creek No. 8, they carry a combined 550 vehicles a day. Noah Ram is the sports reporter for the Observer-Dispatch.Two short bridges in Fawn are among those to be replaced by Allegheny County for poor conditions revealed in recent inspections.īoth are part of Thompson Road and cross Bull Creek. VVS will also be heading to Edison as the Division II Section III team champion. She’ll be joined locally in the Capital District by RFA’s Evie Denton (88), Remsen’s Ellie Secor (93) and Sauquoit’s Alana Weaver (93). She ended with the lowest score of all S3 golfers, four clear of J-D senior Sarah Burgess. Yerman shot an 82 last Tuesday at the state qualifiers at Kanon Valley Golf Club in Oneida. The Sauquoit Valley freshman was one of the nine Section III and four local girls’ golfers to earn a spot at states Sunday and Monday at Edison Country Club in Rexford. Kamryn Yerman, Sauquoit Valley Girls Golf He’ll be joined locally in the Southern Tier by Waterville’s Gavin Poyer (158), Hamilton’s Will Chouinard (159), Remsen’s Brian Secor (161) and New Hartford’s Tommy Goodelle (162). That gave him the lowest score of all S3 golfers. Olearczyk shot a two-round score of 156 at the par-72 Seven Oaks Golf Club in Hamilton last Wednesday and Friday. The Holland Patent sophomore was one of nine Section III and five local boys’ golfers to earn a spot at states this weekend at Mark Twain Golf Course in Elmira. This avenged the defeat they suffered to the Red Rams in the Class B sectional championship. They defeated J-D’s pair of Shreyank Bhatt and Luke Cantone in the final at State Qualifiers last Thursday in Utica.
The two Oneida seniors earned a spot in states, which begins Friday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows.
Andrew Hicks and Spencer Ingmire, Oneida Boys TennisĪ rare doubles-tandem here at the MV Athlete of the Week, but if these two stick together on the court, why not keep them together here? Last week, he totaled six points and three goals against Indian River in the quarterfinals, and a team-leading four goals vs Westhill. Ripa, however, completed an excellent season in the red, white and blue with 48 goals and 69 assists. The season may have ended in heartbreak for the Spartans, with a narrow 9-8 loss in the Class C Semifinals to Westhill after the potential game-tying goal was waved off for coming in too late.
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