Steel being set at Munger Lane bridge site

Barring any unforeseen complications by Mother Nature, work continues to advance on the Munger Lane bridge replacement project in Hannibal.
The previous bridge was damaged on May 1 after rain water runoff in Minnow Creek eroded a portion of the earth that supported the roadway’s asphalt surface, causing it to crack and buckle.
Mark Rees, city engineer, provided an update on the project Friday.
“They poured toe walls on both ends of the culvert two days ago (Wednesday). What that does is stick down in the ground about two feet to try to keep the creek from undermining your culvert. We didn’t have that when it was a steel culvert and that’s part of why it failed,” he said. “They’re tying steel on the bottom today and also putting in steel, making it for the walls and web in the middle so when they pour that bottom all that steel will be in place.”
Rees applauded the speed of the Bleigh Construction crew.
“It’s actually going fast. If we can beat the weather and get that floor in, things are really looking up for Munger culvert,” he said. “With any luck three weeks from now we’ll have a new street there.”
The big concern now is another gully-washer of a storm.
“That would set us way back depending on how much damage it did,” said the city engineer.