WEST VIRGINIA (WCHS) — Three major West Virginia highway projects in the region are on track to be completed later this year or in early 2025, state officials said. Work is nearly complete on the new Donald M. Legg Memorial Bridge, often referred to as the Nitro-St. Albans bridge, which will be a major step forward in the project to expand Interstate 64 to six lanes in the area, a news release from West Virginia Department of Transportation. The widening project called for the rebuilding of the existing bridge and the construction of a new one. The bridge rebuilding was completed in October and work on the new bridge is done, but paving, signage and lighting must still be installed, the news release said. Work also continues on ramps and a new bridge over WV 25.
Officials expect the interstate widening project in that area to be completed by late 2024 or early 2025. It is expected to relieve a bottleneck in one of the more heavily traveled sections of the interstate. Work continues on a similar widening project between Barboursville and Huntington in Cabell County. The WVDOT said work is in the final phase of widening I-64 to eight lanes between East Mall Road and the Merritt’s Creek interchange and from Merritt’s Creek to the 29th Street exit.
The final pieces of the puzzle will be the completion of five bridges in the area, including the construction of the Guyandotte River Bridge, which is a 1,224 foot long structure. Steel work on the span began in late April, the news release said. Completion of both widening projects is projected for the spring of 2025. In Roane County, work is expected to be completed this fall on the Scott Miller Hill Bypass project, which will create a 4.3-mile stretch of roadway that bypasses a curvy section of U.S. 33 in the area. The WVDOT said the project, which has been nearly 40 years in the making, is expected to improve access to the town of Spencer and improve traffic safety in the area.
A major bridge along the route is complete except for the placement of parapets, while contractors continue to lay asphalt along the route, the news release said. Once asphalt is complete, the eastern and western ends of the project will need to be tied into existing U.S. 33.
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Officials expect the interstate widening project in that area to be completed by late 2024 or early 2025. It is expected to relieve a bottleneck in one of the more heavily traveled sections of the interstate. Work continues on a similar widening project between Barboursville and Huntington in Cabell County. The WVDOT said work is in the final phase of widening I-64 to eight lanes between East Mall Road and the Merritt’s Creek interchange and from Merritt’s Creek to the 29th Street exit.
The final pieces of the puzzle will be the completion of five bridges in the area, including the construction of the Guyandotte River Bridge, which is a 1,224 foot long structure. Steel work on the span began in late April, the news release said. Completion of both widening projects is projected for the spring of 2025. In Roane County, work is expected to be completed this fall on the Scott Miller Hill Bypass project, which will create a 4.3-mile stretch of roadway that bypasses a curvy section of U.S. 33 in the area. The WVDOT said the project, which has been nearly 40 years in the making, is expected to improve access to the town of Spencer and improve traffic safety in the area.
A major bridge along the route is complete except for the placement of parapets, while contractors continue to lay asphalt along the route, the news release said. Once asphalt is complete, the eastern and western ends of the project will need to be tied into existing U.S. 33.
