Current work: The contractor is currently removing steel and replacing the four pinion gears, which drive the rack gears that lower the bridge deck. Two of the pinion gears are back in place. Bridge deck construction will begin in three weeks. The entire completion date is scheduled for June 2012. 

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State Project Number: 065-91-0016

Project Description: The new bridge and widened intersections will help to relieve congestion on this heavily traveled bridge.

Parish: Terrebonne

Start Date: May 24, 2010

Finish Date: Spring 2012

Cost: $26.7 Million

Contractor: James Construction Group