Southgate Parkway Bridge now expected to reopen in June; deck will be poured this month

Steph West
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CAMBRIDGE −The Southgate Parkway Bridge that connects downtown Cambridge to the commercial sector is scheduled to reopen in June and be completed in September, according to Cambridge City Engineer Nick Cunningham. He added that the dates are weather-dependent.

The bridge was originally set to reopen in August, but the Ruhlin Company was able to work most of the winter. Work is continuing now, with the deck set to be poured in April.

An aerial view of the Southgate Parkway Bridge construction. The bridge is scheduled to reopen in June and be completed in September.
An aerial view of the Southgate Parkway Bridge construction. The bridge is scheduled to reopen in June and be completed in September.

Work on the OH 209 bridge began in December 2022 following a November 2022 ODOT inspection that gave the structure, built in the 1960s, a rating of 5, which is fair condition, according to ODOT Public Information Officer Morgan Overbey in 2023.

ODOT rates its bridges on a 0-9 scale with 9 being excellent condition and 0 being failed/out or service/beyond corrective action. The two main points the report contained about the OH 209 bridge condition is that the bridge deck and the paint were listed in poor/deficient condition.

The projected cost is $13.4 million.

You can follow the bridge’s progression through photos at cambridgeoh.org/southgate-bridge-replacement-project. The photos are taken by city of Cambridge Firefighter Matt Stiffler.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Southgate Parkway Bridge expected to reopen in June, ahead of schedule