Capital Improvement Projects
College St. Bridge – Photos!
College Street Bridge: The final section of bridge deck is complete. Construction of the traffic circle is ongoing, with a detour to be in place until the bridge is open, contractor projects late December, January weather permitting.
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4 Responses to “College St. Bridge – Photos!”
This bridge seems to be a misuse of money… Beautiful bridge but misplaced in the park. Same waste of money as with the Oak Tree Drive bridge.
I agree that it is a beautiful bridge, however it is the bridge to nowhere. It connects the side road in front of the nursing home to college street and will dump way too much traffic onto that road. The side road is already dangerous where it connects into the main road. This was not well thought out. What will be done to fix the problem created by the bridge??????
The overall safety, convenience, and efficiency of the traffic flow have been carefully considered in the design of the new College Street Bridge. In the pre-construction intersections configuration, drivers had the option of getting from College Street to FM 971 either by Morrow Street or River Haven Drive. Subsequent to completion of the project, drivers will have the same options via either Morrow Street or River Haven Drive. The new roundabout will replace three separate intersections in a triangular arrangement.
An added feature from this project is the removal of the traffic south of the roundabout from having to travel through San Gabriel Park itself. Traffic will now flow up and across the Bridge, over Morrow Street and the San Gabriel River, to its realigned connection to existing College Street near the existing low-water crossing, which will remain but be opened to pedestrian and bike traffic only. Further, this will be an all-weather route. The primary benefactors of this will be school buses and other GISD traffic, as well as the TDS trucks, which will no longer be required to divert along longer, inefficient routes when the river is flooding.
Bill Dryden, P.E.
Transportation Engineer
City of Georgetown
the bents are pretty, bu the overeall project still looks like the Great Wall and absolutely ruins the east end of the park.