Upstate drivers who use a stretch of I-85 Business that has been closed and under construction for more than a year will have to wait a few more months for the road work to end.The South Carolina Department of Transportation said recently that work to replace three bridges on Business I-85 in Spartanburg County will not be finished by its original completion date in June. All three bridges were built between 1956 and 1957, officials said.MORE HEADLINES:Counterfeit money used at Upstate restaurant, deputies sayDarius Rucker to headline charity concert in UpstateMobile cheesecake business in Upstate is about to open a storefrontThe project, which began on July 12, 2021, is replacing the SC-85 bridge over Buffington Road/Norfolk Southern Railroad, SC-85 over Howard Street, and Northbound SC-85 over Lawsons Fork Creek.The video above was published on July 12, 2021. Officials said the work on the bridge over Lawsons Fork Creek is complete with traffic in its final configuration and the asphalt surface set to be paved sometime this spring. Crews are currently working on the bridge deck over Buffington Road and the retaining walls at Howard Street, officials said.The original completion date was projected to be June 30, 2023, but that has now been adjusted to Oct. 9, 2023.For more information on the project’s progress, click here.
Upstate drivers who use a stretch of I-85 Business that has been closed and under construction for more than a year will have to wait a few more months for the road work to end.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation said recently that work to replace three bridges on Business I-85 in Spartanburg County will not be finished by its original completion date in June. All three bridges were built between 1956 and 1957, officials said.
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The project, which began on July 12, 2021, is replacing the SC-85 bridge over Buffington Road/Norfolk Southern Railroad, SC-85 over Howard Street, and Northbound SC-85 over Lawsons Fork Creek.
The video above was published on July 12, 2021.
Officials said the work on the bridge over Lawsons Fork Creek is complete with traffic in its final configuration and the asphalt surface set to be paved sometime this spring.
Crews are currently working on the bridge deck over Buffington Road and the retaining walls at Howard Street, officials said.
The original completion date was projected to be June 30, 2023, but that has now been adjusted to Oct. 9, 2023.
For more information on the project’s progress, click here.