Delays hit another Indy DPW Bridge project

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INDIANAPOLIS– Construction of the West Washington Street bridge over Little Eagle Creek has been going on for five months.

While the $2.5-million construction was projected to end in late September, Indianapolis Department of Public Works crews recently found that the bridge was less structurally sound than engineers initially believed. Now, officials say, the additional work needed will cause construction to last well into summer 2025.

Back in June, Indy DPW confirmed that the major project on the 30th Street Bridge over the White River has been delayed.

Renovation on that historic bridge has been underway since Summer 2022 and was originally slated to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2024. But now that construction on the 30th Street Bridge is projected to be complete by the end of 2025.

Indy DPW has also been busy with its 16th Street bridge project. The bridge is currently slated to reopen in Summer 2027, and the cost is projected to be more than $17 million.