Governor Larry Hogan stopped by Salisbury yesterday announced an ambitious make over for some 11 bridges along the bypass.
The project is expected is expected to cost $23.8 million with construction to begin in the fall during the winter months.
The Governor noted that these bridges were some 40 years old and not designed to take the kind of traffic and vehicles that now travel up and down the peninsula.
He added, that oftentimes trucks are rerouted through Salisbury to Delaware because they are not allowed to travel on the bypass.
“There will be unimpeded travel all along the bypass. This route is a critical link for people traveling within and through Wicomico County. And, these bridge upgrades are vital to opening the bypass to Wicomico area commerce.”
The Governor noted that currently 36-thousand vehicles use the bypass a day with a 15 percent increase during the summer months.
By 2035 he said that number is expected to rise to 54-thousand a day.
“Our administration remains committed to the future of Maryland transportation,” he said. “This much needed funding to improve safety along the Salisbury by pass is just a part of our administration’s more than $60 million transportation investment right her in Wicomico County. And, it’s just one more way that we’re changing Maryland for the better.”
