Comments on: FDOT Awards $2.7 Million Contract To Replace Bratt Road Bridge

By: Bratt Fl resident

Bratt Fl resident — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:20:01 +0000

@ Just saying, now they fly up and down west hwy 4 at 50 miles per hour, you can have them back anytime! (lol)

There has been so much traffic here lately on west hyw 4, it feels like we live on Michigan Avenue in Pensacola. Ready for it to slow down!

By: elmerpsuggins

elmerpsuggins — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:42:16 +0000

Ferry,s are safer Like your comment Grand Locust

By: D Johnson

D Johnson — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:20:40 +0000

Thank goodness. This has been very inconvenient but glad it is being made safe.

By: JHK

JHK — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:02:17 +0000

IF THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR 11 MONTHS, WHY DO THEY
NEED TO SPEND MONEY BUILDING A TEMPORY BRIDGE?

By: Just saying

Just saying — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:02:17 +0000

Don’t replace it it’s been so nice not having vehicles fly up and down brat rd at 50 miles an hour especially the dump trucks.

By: Southbound

Southbound — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 08:46:45 +0000

The existing bridge supports would handle the weight of a locomotive. Replacement yes, but this bridge should of never been shut down for 10 months.
Knee jerk reaction that caused a lot of grief for those that used it.

By: Grand Locust

Grand Locust — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 08:30:34 +0000

With FDOT’s record in Escambia County with bridges, this should be fun to watch. I heard some people were thinking of putting in a ferry rather than risk another bridge. When someone told the FDOT engineers that the creek is too shallow for a ferry, they decided to spend five million to dig a pond deep enough to operate the ferry. I am putting my bet on one bridge collapse when pouring and a year delay in construction, and finally they figured out the ferry would not fit and will close the road for another two years.