TxDOT: Here's When the Nasworthy & Oaks St. Bridges Will Reopen

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Contract crews working for the Texas Department of Transportation in the San Angelo area are nearing completion on the Oaks Street bridge project and are progressing on the Nasworhty bridge.  

According to TxDOT, here is an update for some key projects in Tom Green County:

Lake Nasworthy Bridge Maintenance:

Our contractor performed night work on the bridge substructure (mainly painting) the week of March 4th. In the subsequent week, the contractor has started working on the bridge deck expansion joints and expects to flip traffic to work on the other side this week (3/21 – 3/22). We anticipate this work will be completed by April and to have the bridge deck opened back up with no lane closures. Remaining work on the project is all substructure work that may require one lane to be closed here and there, but no major closures are anticipated once the expansion joints are completed. 

Main Street Bridge Repairs:

Both remaining beam repairs are nearing completion. Concrete repair material has been fully applied with the next step being the application of carbon fiber reinforcement material. Subsequent work will be painting and clean up of the site to reopen the freeway. The freeway will be reopened prior to the rodeo being in town. 

Oakes Street Bridge Maintenance:

Most of the work being completed has been substructure work and not visible by the public. All ultra high performance concrete(UHPC) has been applied to the damaged areas with the largest remaining work being an asphalt transition slab on the northern approach. Once the transition slab is completed and striped, the bridge can be reopened. The UHPC repairs required the bridge to be lifted and remain in that position until the concrete had reached at least a 4-day cure. Contractor is on site today to remove the remaining jacks that lifted the bridge. There will be a few minor items to be completed, but none of these items require the bridge to remain closed. With the small quantity of hot mix left to complete and weather conditions recently, an estimated completion time is difficult to announce at this time.