January 2012One Southbound lane and one Northbound lane of the Indian River Inlet Bridge are now open to traffic!
- January 2012 - Bridge Officially Opens! Two traffic lanes will be open on the new bridge - (one in each direction)
- Early 2012 - Local Road Improvements begin
- Spring 2012 - Demolition of existing bridge
- Late Spring 2012 - Bike/Walk Day Opportunity on New Bridge
- Late Spring 2012 - Official Dedication Ceremony; Full four lanes of traffic open on new bridge
- Spring 2013 - New roadway and bridge demolition complete
January 20, 2012
Indian River Inlet Bridge Open to Traffic
January 10, 2012
New Indian River Inlet Bridge To Open To Traffic On January 20
November 3, 2011
Public Workshop For Indian River Inlet Bridge Park Improvements
November 1, 2011
Indian River Inlet Bridge Traffic Pattern Shift Will Occur Wednesday, November 2
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Upcoming Meetings
• Thursday, January 26, 2012
The meeting will be held at 10:00am at the DelDOT Conference Room
Dave Geiszler
Employer: DelDOT; employed for 23 yearsJob Title: Area Engineer
Where are you from? Wilmington, Delaware
Where do you live now? Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
What special skills or experience do you bring to the project? BS in Civil Engineering with about 40 years of construction experience.
What is your favorite part about working on this project? The beautiful scenery that I get to work in every day.
Who's Building the Bridge Archive
Aspire Magazine - Winter 2012
"The cable-stayed superstructure consists of cast-in-place concrete edge girders with both precast and cast-in-place concrete transverse floor beams, and a cast-in-place concrete deck."
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Materials Performance - November 2011
"...The new bridge is designed to withstand the harsh marine environment of the Delmarva Peninsula, including the salty Atlantic seacoast and the potential for hurricane-force winds......"
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Aspire Magazine - Summer 2010
"...Pretensioned and posttensioned precast concrete transverse deck beams span between the cast-in-place concrete edge girders..."
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Aspire Magazine
