Work continues on the eventual replacement of a bridge at the northwest edge of Trenton. Demolition has been done on the old Charlie Dye Bridge. Now, construction will be done on a new bridge on Northwest 3rd Street.
Grundy County officials, in October, selected Boone Construction Company of Columbia for the bridge project. The cost is nearly $1,174,000. It is all FEDERAL money, according to Missouri Department of Transportation Area Engineer Tonya Lohman:
The old Charlie Dye Bridge failed a MoDOT inspection about five years ago and was subsequently closed:
Open Line Moderator John Anthony conducted the interview with Tonya Lohman on Monday morning. She works out of the MoDOT area office in Chillicothe: