The Willeo Creek Bridge, as we noted this spring, had a tentative reopening date of Sept. 29—Wednesday—after closing in June for a full replacement.
But Cobb DOT recently sent out this message, and later updated it to say that the new estimated date for reopening is now Dec. 20:
“Baldwin Paving Company, Inc., the contractor for the Willeo Road over Willeo Creek project, has encountered challenges during construction of this project which have resulted in significant delays. Therefore, the contractor will be unable to reopen the bridge to traffic on September 29, 2021 as the county previously expected.
“The county is pursuing every option to expedite this project and the safe reopening of the bridge to traffic as soon as possible. At this time, the contractor has not provided a firm date for reopening the bridge.”
Cobb government spokesman Ross Cavitt said that the delays have been caused in part due to “bad weather and unexpected conditions under the bridge. They are considerably behind their timeline.”
As noted in our earlier stories, the best detour option for now if you need to get to that area of Roswell is to go east on Roswell Road, then south on Willeo Road.
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