NCDOT awards Bonner repair, other contracts

The North Carolina Department of Transportation this week announced the awarding of contracts for a number of road and bridge projects in Dare, Hyde, Currituck, Camden and Pasquotank counties.

A Pennsylvania company has been awarded a $1.8 million project that can start later this month to add structures to reduce undermining of three “bents” under the half-century old Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, which carries N.C. 12 over Oregon Inlet.

The sand-scour protection will consist of rock filled wire baskets being placed on the bottom of the inlet between the bridge supports and large sandbags being placed around the pilings.

“Bents” are the structures of pilings and caps that holds up the supports and girders of a bridge.

The project will also involve the rehabilitation of one bent.

Completion is scheduled for no later than Dec. 1.

A Maryland firm has won an $8.9 million contract to design and build new bridges on U.S. 264 in in Dare County and secondary roads in Hyde County.

The five bridges in Dare County being replaced include: Deep Creek and Pains Bay Canal in Manns Harbor, over near Lake Worth Road, Bayview Drive and Point Peter Road in Stumpy Point.

In Hyde County, the bridges cross a canal on Higginsport Road in Ponzer, and Burrus Canal on Piney Woods Road in Fairfield.

The project also includes the replacement of five culverts under N.C. 94 on the Lake Mattamuskeet Causeway.

Work can begin as early as Aug. 27 and be completed by Nov. 1, 2015.

A contractor based in Tarboro has been awarded a $1.3 million contract to resurface 13.1 miles of secondary roads in Currituck, Camden and Pasquotank counties.

The repaving can start as early as Sept. 17, and conclude by June 15, 2013.

New road surfaces in Currituck County to be laid include on Guiena Road, Quail Run Drive, Jae Court, Brookdale Court, East White Pine Drive, Birchview Court, Streamdale Court, Covey Lane, Oakdale Drive, Woodlaw Court, Beechwood Drive, Evergreen Drive and Laurel Court.

In Camden, Lilly Road will be resurfaced, along with Griffin Swamp, Lambs Grove, Glade and Peartree roads in Pasquotank.