King Street Bridge Project
The King Street Bridge has been slated for teardown and replacement - a $13.4 million project that will take at least a year to complete.
Written by A.J. Marris
The project will require a detour down Malaga Street onto U.S. 1, where a streetlight will be placed to enable traffic to flow in and out of downtown.
Although the bridge closure and detour was scheduled for January, an exact start date is on hold until the signal is installed on Malaga, according to Jacob Pickering, Community Outreach Specialist with the Florida Department of Transportation.
The new bridge will include wider shoulders and sidewalks to better accommodate pedestrian and bike traffic, and its taller profile will protect it from flooding and erosion, Pickering says. He says traffic flow and emergency access will improve, while on-street flooding will be reduced.
The new bridge will also feature upgraded lighting, shared-use lane markings and bridge railings.
State guidelines require that construction does not divert water into the downtown area, so flooding should not worsen while the project is underway, according to Pickering.
The original bridge is being replaced because it “no longer meets modern requirements for load capacity, pedestrian access, and resiliency,” Pickering states.
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