KETTERING — City council on Tuesday night authorized the city manager to seek bids for the Ridgeway Road bridge replacement project over Dorothy Lane.
>>Coronavirus: Area school districts investing thousands of dollars in sanitization technology
The bridge is estimated to cost a little more than $3 million and construction is expected to begin later this year or early in 2021 when Municipal Bridge Program funds are available from the Ohio Department of Transportation.
City leaders hope the bridge is completed by the end of 2021.
The replacement bridge will be similar to the existing bridge and will be capable of carrying vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians. It will also include a public art component installed as part of the CitySites program.
ODOT’s Municipal Bridge Program will fund 95% of the construction cost to replace the bridge, up to $2 million. The current estimated cost to replace the bridge, including engineering design and right-of-way costs, is $2.675 million.
The public art component of the project has been budgeted at $350,000, for a total estimated project cost of $3.025 million.