{"id":97065,"date":"2018-11-20T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/road-n-bridge-slated-for-replacement\/"},"modified":"2018-11-20T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T23:42:00","slug":"road-n-bridge-slated-for-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/road-n-bridge-slated-for-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Road N bridge slated for replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=b682525d-daf4-4f0f-9507-ed8deeeb37d7&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=b682525d-daf4-4f0f-9507-ed8deeeb37d7&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=b682525d-daf4-4f0f-9507-ed8deeeb37d7&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=b682525d-daf4-4f0f-9507-ed8deeeb37d7&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1319\" alt=\"This aging bridge over Alkali Canyon on County Road N is being studied for replacement.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">This aging bridge over Alkali Canyon on County Road N is being studied for replacement.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Jim Mimiaga\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>A worn-out, 40-year old bridge on Road N is in the planning stages for replacement.<\/p>\n<p>The steel bridge over Alkali Canyon has significant corrosion and erosion problems, said Rob Englehart, Montezuma County road supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt scores poorly during state inspections, and is at the top of the CDOT list for replacement in this area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The county recently secured a $325,000 state and federal transportation grant to conduct planning and designing for a new bridge. The county contributed 20 percent in matching funds.<\/p>\n<p>The design bid was awarded to Bechtolt Engineering, Englehart said. Once surveys, environmental reviews and design plans are completed, additional federal and state transportation grants will be sought for construction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf all goes well, construction of a new bridge could begin by 2020,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Total construction costs have not yet been determined. A concrete bridge is preferred because they last longer and need less maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Improvements include a wider bridge, new guardrails, and adjusting alignment and surface to improve traffic flow. The bridge is on County Road N, west of U.S. Highway 491 between County Roads 21 and 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alkali Canyon slated for replacement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[576,459,21,60,2344],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-97065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-colorado-department-of-transportation","tag-construction-and-property","tag-cortez","tag-montezuma-county","tag-road-transport"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97065"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=97065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}