Luzerne County identifies 10 high-priority bridges with serious or poor ratings

While there are many bridge repair and replacement needs, Luzerne County has identified 10 spans as the highest priority based on their serious or poor ratings, according to a new report. This top 10 does not include other county-owned crossings already in design or construction. Tom Reilly, president of Reilly Associates in Pittston — the county’s outside engineer — presented the list as part of a county bridge overview at last week’s County Council work session. At least $12 million would be needed to address eight of the bridges, according to the estimates, and the cost projections for the remaining two is still under review. A synopsis of the top 10 bridges warranting attention, including comments made by Reilly last week: • Two Sutton Road bridges over Sutton Creek in Exeter Township — both concrete T-beam spans constructed in 1925. The first is 50 feet long and in poor condition.

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