PIERRE — The Pierre City Commission got a progress report Tuesday night on where work is at on the new John Waldron Memorial Bridge between Pierre and Fort Pierre. Denae Johnson with P-R firm Project Solutions says drilled shaft construction continues on the bridge…
Two shafts and one column are completed including testing on those structures that extend up to 135 feet below the river. Johnson says recreational and sporting boating traffic has been fairly cognizant of the construction equipment in the river…
Johnson says weather hasn’t been much of an issue for construction, but the recent hot weather is a bit of a hang-up…
Work on bridge abutments on both sides continues and recent completed work includes 1100 aggregate support columns on both banks of the Missouri.
