Completed : NOW OPEN: Ira Road Bridge Replacement Project

The Summit County Engineer’s Office is proposing to remove and replace the existing culvert carrying Ira Rd (CR 46) over the North Fork of Yellow Creek in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio. The existing triple pipe culvert was built in 1959 and will be replaced with a precast concrete box culvert.

Status:

This will be a design bid build project. Matt Winters has been awarded this contract.

• 04/23/2024: Bids are set to open on 04/26/2024.
• 04/30/2024: Bids have been closed and are being reviewed,
• 06/27/2024: Preconstruction with SCE and Contractor is set for 07/3/2024
• 07/23/2024: Preconstruction meeting with SCE and Contractor has been held
• 08/27/2024: Contractor plans staring work by the end of September, weather permitting
• 10/18/2024: Contractor has given a new start date of Monday,10/21/2024. Detour signs have been placed.
• 10/22/2024: Work on project started yesterday. Guardrail is currently being removed from exhisting structure. 
• 10/29/2024: Existing structure is being removed. Contracttor plans on installing cut-off wall and pour footers later this week. 
• 11/05/2024: Setting box today and will begin pouring wingwalls on thursday 11/14
• 11/12/2024: Wing walls have been poured. Contractor to begin work on storm drains
• 11/22/2024: Project is substantially completed and contractor is to remove detour.

Location:

On Ira Road, approximately 0.65-mile east of N Hametown Rd (CR 253).

Maintenance of Traffic:

The proposed bridge replacement operations will require closure of Ira Rd at the North Fork of Yellow Creek for a period not to exceed 75 days. Traffic will be detoured utilizing Cleveland Massillon Rd (CR 17) to Everett Rd (CR 47) to Hametown Rd (CR 253).