Demolition work starts on 100-year old Lynchburg bridge.
The much-anticipated demolition of Lynchburg’s oldest concrete span, which was shut down more than a year and a half ago because of deterioration, got under way on Tuesday. Officials expect it will take approximately two weeks to raze the circa-1908 structure.
The D Street bridge, which connects Rivermont Avenue to the historic Daniel’s Hill neighborhood, is slated to be completely replaced by December 2010.
The city closed it off to traffic in March 2008 after an inspection found serious structural deficiencies. Officials started squirreling away money to rebuild the bridge and have now amassed a fund of $4.5 million for the total project.
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