Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Roads GDOT to finally fix 17th Street bridge fence
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:48 AM
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Transportation officials today announced that Tyrone, Ga.-based Massana Construction was awarded the $1.4 million contract to replace the fence.
On a late Saturday night in mid-August 2011, the fencing broke away from the bridge and crashed to the freeway below. No one was injured in the accident. An investigation blamed the collapse on an epoxy which caused the fence to slip from the bridge over time. Routine inspections had failed to notice the movement. GDOT officials called the accident "an anomaly" and said they'd stop using the glue. Federal officials had expressed concerns about the epoxy nearly five years ago.
Since the accident, a chain-link fence has restricted pedestrians from using the bridge's south sidewalk.
According to GDOT, the fencing should be installed by January.
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