The Tennessee Department of Transportation has awarded the contract for the construction repairs of the Veterans Memorial Bridge on South College Street in Smithville.
TDOT has accepted the bid of Mid-State Construction Company, Inc. of Livingston to do the work for $222,894.68.
“The project to repair the bridge on College Street was awarded this time. There has not been a pre-construction conference held on the project yet, so work has not started. It should be soon,” Jennifer Flynn, TDOT Community Relations Officer told WJLE Thursday.
The project is scheduled to be completed by October 31, 2017.
TDOT let bids for the project Friday, May 12 and Mid-State was the only bidder. In the February 10 letting, Mid-State bid $238,600.58 but there were no other bids and TDOT rejected it as too high.
The bridge has been closed since Monday, June 27, 2016 when a county landfill truck hit it causing major damage.
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