Mount Pleasant Board OKs Lakeview Ave. Bridge Bond
Relief is on the way for Mount Pleasant residents who have been inconvenienced by the closure of the Lakeview Avenue Bridge.
The Mount Pleasant Town Board voted unanimously to borrow up to $650,000 to replace the structure at its Aug. 9 meeting.
“We hope to get the project done within the next few months,” Supervisor Joan Maybury said.
After the town Highway Department discovered deterioration of the bridge it was closed on April 26. The bridge is located on Lakeview Avenue at Davis Brook between the Taconic State Parkway and Railroad Avenue.
With the bridge no longer usable, there is no westbound access from the Taconic Parkway and no eastbound traffic beyond Commerce Street, except for local access to the Kensico Cemetery and Railroad Avenue. There are temporary detours in the area until the new bridge goes up.
The money will be borrowed to replace the bridge with a new three-sided culvert structure. The project will also include work to strengthen the channel under the bridge to allow a significant increase the hydraulic capacity of Davis Brook during periods of high flow, according to the resolution which stated that the bridge replacement would not have a negative impact on the environment.
The 98-year-old Lakeview Avenue bridge was closed due to “serious deterioration” found by the town highway department, the resolution stated. “This includes deterioration of the bridge abutments, deterioration of the reinforced concrete deck slab due to corrosion of reinforcements and spalling of aged concrete , and a three-inch diameter hole in the westbound lane of Lakeview Avenue through the entire bridge,” the resolution also stated. “Additionally, a preliminary hydrological analysis conducted by Charles A. Manganaro Consulting Engineers, P.C. has determined that the existing 12-inch wide opening of the bridge under Lakeview Avenue is inadequate to allow Davis Brook to pass during the 100-year design storm.”
Though the bond approved by the town board was for a maximum of $650,000, Maybury said she hoped the final cost of the project would be “well below” that amount.
