The Road District will use this page for informational updates as to the progress of Muirhead Road  Bridge Replacement Project.

Here is a link to the latest Bridge report for Muirhead Road Bridge : Condition Report

MUIRHEAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT TIME LINE

1. PHASE 1 OF MUIRHEAD ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AS OF DECEMBER 31ST 2019
2. PHASE 2 OF THE PROJECT WILL BEGIN IN EARLY SPRING PENDING STATE APPROVAL
3. COVID SET THE BRIDGE PROJECT BACK BY ABOUT TWO YEARS.
4. PHASE 2 OF THE PROJECT IS UNDERWAY IN 2023 AND WE HOPE TO GO OUT TO BID FOR CONSTRUCTION 2024.
5. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE WAS SCHEDULED TO GO OUT FOR BID MARCH 2024 AND IS NOW BACKED UP DUE TO DELAYS WITH CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD PROCESSING EASEMENT REQUESTS FROM THE ENGINEERING FIRM WORKING ON THE FINAL PHASE OF THE BRIDGE.
6. AS OF 3/11/24 CANADIAN NATIONAL HAS EXCEPTED THE BRIDGE PLANS AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF "MOVING THEM THROUGH THE INTERNAL PROCESS IN ORDER TO TO PROVIDE THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE ENGINEERING TEAM"
7. PLATO ROAD DISTRICT IS NOW LOOKING AT A NOVEMBER 2024 LETTING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
8. FURTHER DELAYS WITH CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD HAS BACKED THE LETTING UPP TO THE SPRING OF 2025.
9. THE LETTING FOR THE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT TOOK PLACE IN JULY 2025 AND THE CONSTRUCTION SHOULD START THE 1ST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER  2025.
10.  THE MUIRHEAD BRIDGE OVER THE CANADIAN NATIONAL RAIL ROAD  REPLACEMENT PROJECT WILL BEGIN 5/26. MUIRHEAD ROAD FROM RUSSELL RD. TO PLATO RD. WILL BE CLOSED TO THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM 5/25 UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW BRIDGE STRUCTURE SOMETIME LATE IN THE FALL OF 2026. DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS SCHEDULED TO START IN MAY AND NEW CONSTRUCTION DATES WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE WHEN THEY ARE DETERMINED.