WVDOH Awards 21 Contracts Including Burnsville Bridge

Two bridge replacement projects were among 21 construction projects awarded by the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) on Tuesday, Nov. 8, and Thursday, Nov. 10. The contracts were awarded from a bid letting held Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022.
SMH Construction Company Inc. was awarded a contract for $2,178,679.44 to replace the Burnsville T-Beam Bridge in Braxton County. The bridge, built in 1929, was closed to traffic in 2019 due to its deteriorated condition.
“Unfortunately, this bridge came to the end of its service life before funding was available to replace it,” said WVDOH State Bridge Engineer Tracy Brown, P.E. “Gov. Jim Justice’s Roads to Prosperity program has made additional funding available to help us replace some of these older structures before they get to the point of requiring closure, which we realize can sometimes severely disrupt people’s daily lives.”
Rock Forge Bridge Company was awarded a contract for $2,999,002.55 to replace the Caney Branch Bridge in Mingo County. The bridge currently carries a three-ton weight restriction and would leave local residents stranded if not replaced.
Other contracts awarded were:
• PDK Construction Inc. replace guardrail in District 2, $2,192,246.25.
• West Virginia Paving Inc. paving project from Green Bottom to the Mason County line in Cabell County, $1,698,323.63.
• Kelly Paving Inc. mine maintenance project along Interstate 70 in Ohio County, $8,222,620.
• Penn Line Service Inc. replace guardrail in District 4, $1,513,087.98.
• Rock Forge Bridge Co. LLC replace the Caney Branch Bridge in Mingo County, $2,999,002.55.
• NLS Paving Inc. paving project on Big Wheeling Creek in Marshall County, $1,735,627.13.
• West Virginia Paving Inc. paving project from Lester to Sophia in Raleigh County, $1,738,152.
• West Virginia Signal and Light Inc. a traffic signal project on Brushy Fork Road in Upshur County, $220,460.60.
• J.F. Allen Company paving project from Thomas to Pierce in Tucker County, $358,899.45.
• LMS Construction sidewalk project in downtown Shinnston in Harrison County, $156,446.
• Kelly Paving Inc. ATV trail project in Mountwood Park in Wood County, $92,929.
• Ohio-West Virginia Excavating Co. streetscape project on Pleasant Street in Monongalia County, $1,479,143.
• Davis H. Elliot Construction Company Inc. a traffic signal project in Wellsburg in Brooke County, $747,500.40.
• Bear Contracting LLC paving project from Buffalo Creek to Shoals in Wayne County, $1,027,572.80.
• West Virginia Paving Inc. paving project from Dunns to Flat Top Road in Mercer County, $967,875.
• Kelly Paving Inc. paving project from Hickman Run Road to Greenwood Road in Tyler County, $1,530,164.99.
• Belt Paving Inc. paving project from the Grant County line to Skyline in Mineral County, $965,640.15.
• J.F. Allen Company paving project from Buffalo Hills to Franklin in Pendleton County, $414,829.75.
• Specialty Groups Inc. traffic signal project on First Avenue in Nitro in Kanawha and Putnam counties, $1,013,000.
• LMS Construction install a Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon on Patteson Drive in Monongalia County, $349,857.