Comments on: $21.8 Million, 3-Year Project Beginning On Highway 90 Bridges Between Escambia, Santa Rosa http://www.northescambia.com/2021/12/21-8-million-3-year-project-beginning-on-highway-90-bridges-between-escambia-santa-rosa Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gordon http://www.northescambia.com/2021/12/21-8-million-3-year-project-beginning-on-highway-90-bridges-between-escambia-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-483722 Gordon Mon, 14 Mar 2022 01:20:21 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=465005#comment-483722 They need to be building a permanent bridge roadway level with newer bridge and then build the eastbound bridge level with the newer bridge roadway so the finished bridge updating has the capability of handling 3 lanes of traffic both directions! Then do the same upgrade for all bridges on the causeway! Of coarse upgrade westbound Escambia River bridge also! Widen the funnel spout of HWY 90 so it can handle more traffic from the bedrooms of Pace to the workplaces of Pensacola! They need to be building a permanent bridge roadway level with newer bridge and then build the eastbound bridge level with the newer bridge roadway so the finished bridge updating has the capability of handling 3 lanes of traffic both directions! Then do the same upgrade for all bridges on the causeway! Of coarse upgrade westbound Escambia River bridge also! Widen the funnel spout of HWY 90 so it can handle more traffic from the bedrooms of Pace to the workplaces of Pensacola!

]]> By: Ken http://www.northescambia.com/2021/12/21-8-million-3-year-project-beginning-on-highway-90-bridges-between-escambia-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-477031 Ken Thu, 30 Dec 2021 19:15:13 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=465005#comment-477031 They wait until everyone is on the roads again! Why couldn't some of these construction jobs of started during the lockdown when it didn't inconvenience everyone? No one planning these jobs has any foresight! They wait until everyone is on the roads again! Why couldn’t some of these construction jobs of started during the lockdown when it didn’t inconvenience everyone? No one planning these jobs has any foresight!

]]> By: Nothing Surprises Me http://www.northescambia.com/2021/12/21-8-million-3-year-project-beginning-on-highway-90-bridges-between-escambia-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-476932 Nothing Surprises Me Wed, 29 Dec 2021 19:27:01 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=465005#comment-476932 Well, I've learned something new today. I've never heard the road called "The University of West Florida Causeway." Mostly it's just "the causeway" but I still refer to it as what so many referred to it in the 60s as, "the fill". Short and to the point. Well, I’ve learned something new today. I’ve never heard the road called “The University of West Florida Causeway.” Mostly it’s just “the causeway” but I still refer to it as what so many referred to it in the 60s as, “the fill”. Short and to the point.

]]> By: Brian Haworth http://www.northescambia.com/2021/12/21-8-million-3-year-project-beginning-on-highway-90-bridges-between-escambia-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-476823 Brian Haworth Tue, 28 Dec 2021 22:53:40 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=465005#comment-476823 How about you address the congestion problems that have been plaguing downtown Milton for decades? Any time there is a problem on I-10, good luck getting anywhere because of the narrow road going through downtown. Bite the bullet, make some decisions, and put in a bypass already so we can develop the boardwalk already!! How about you address the congestion problems that have been plaguing downtown Milton for decades? Any time there is a problem on I-10, good luck getting anywhere because of the narrow road going through downtown. Bite the bullet, make some decisions, and put in a bypass already so we can develop the boardwalk already!!

]]> By: Jim Fromm http://www.northescambia.com/2021/12/21-8-million-3-year-project-beginning-on-highway-90-bridges-between-escambia-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-476784 Jim Fromm Tue, 28 Dec 2021 14:54:38 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=465005#comment-476784 Is the kayak launch at the Simpson River going to be closed? It is the best one in the county. I’m 77 and it is still manageable for me, when others are not. I hope the finished product still accommodates dock fishermen and kayakers. Is the kayak launch at the Simpson River going to be closed? It is the best one in the county. I’m 77 and it is still manageable for me, when others are not. I hope the finished product still accommodates dock fishermen and kayakers.

]]> By: Earl http://www.northescambia.com/2021/12/21-8-million-3-year-project-beginning-on-highway-90-bridges-between-escambia-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-476782 Earl Tue, 28 Dec 2021 14:24:40 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=465005#comment-476782 Three year traffic delay to replace a single bridge on the causeway? Seems a bit ridiculous! The three mile bridge contract is about the same and that’s a far more ambitious project, questions should be asked why it will take this long. That’s a busy route to basically put out of commission that long! Three year traffic delay to replace a single bridge on the causeway? Seems a bit ridiculous! The three mile bridge contract is about the same and that’s a far more ambitious project, questions should be asked why it will take this long. That’s a busy route to basically put out of commission that long!

]]> By: Here we go again… http://www.northescambia.com/2021/12/21-8-million-3-year-project-beginning-on-highway-90-bridges-between-escambia-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-476774 Here we go again… Tue, 28 Dec 2021 13:26:19 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=465005#comment-476774 This was already done from 2012-2015. Temporary bridges were put in place and traffic nightmares constantly. WTH happened? Why don’t they address the morning and afternoon congestion involving light timing from Scenic to I10 first? This was already done from 2012-2015. Temporary bridges were put in place and traffic nightmares constantly. WTH happened?

Why don’t they address the morning and afternoon congestion involving light timing from Scenic to I10 first?

]]> By: Henry http://www.northescambia.com/2021/12/21-8-million-3-year-project-beginning-on-highway-90-bridges-between-escambia-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-476764 Henry Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:11:43 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=465005#comment-476764 Again? It was what, 25 years ago they worked on that and then repairs again after Ivan. Seems like they need to upscale their plans for a bridge with a 50 to 100 year plan for a real bridge. Maybe we should get Alabama to plan our road and bridge projects. They seem to have a knack for being able to plan ahead and build for the future. We seem to build late, trying to catch up with demand and by the time a project is completed we are close to having outgrown the improvement. Again? It was what, 25 years ago they worked on that and then repairs again after Ivan. Seems like they need to upscale their plans for a bridge with a 50 to 100 year plan for a real bridge.
Maybe we should get Alabama to plan our road and bridge projects. They seem to have a knack for being able to plan ahead and build for the future. We seem to build late, trying to catch up with demand and by the time a project is completed we are close to having outgrown the improvement.

]]> By: Exacerbated http://www.northescambia.com/2021/12/21-8-million-3-year-project-beginning-on-highway-90-bridges-between-escambia-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-476758 Exacerbated Tue, 28 Dec 2021 07:47:41 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=465005#comment-476758 Really?!! What is so wrong with that bridge that we should all pitch in to spend 21.5 million dollars and be inconvenienced for five years to 1 lane travel and 35 mph? Yes, I know it says early 2025 and that this is only 3 and 1/4 years, but we know how that goes, right? Even if they get done on time by some miracle, what is needed so badly that it should take 3 1/4 years to do it? /throws hands up and shakes head. Really?!!

What is so wrong with that bridge that we should all pitch in to spend 21.5 million dollars and be inconvenienced for five years to 1 lane travel and 35 mph?

Yes, I know it says early 2025 and that this is only 3 and 1/4 years, but we know how that goes, right?

Even if they get done on time by some miracle, what is needed so badly that it should take 3 1/4 years to do it?

/throws hands up and shakes head.

]]> By: RAD http://www.northescambia.com/2021/12/21-8-million-3-year-project-beginning-on-highway-90-bridges-between-escambia-santa-rosa/comment-page-1#comment-476757 RAD Tue, 28 Dec 2021 07:38:14 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=465005#comment-476757 Scheduled for three years means it will take at least five. I have been driving across the University of West Florida Causeway for many years and have always wondered why some of them couldn’t be replaced with concrete culverts (think big, not like a driveway), backfilled, and paved over. Finally, this project would be more tolerable with a temporary bridge put in going around the one being worked on. They have done it before. Traffic is going to be a nightmare. Scheduled for three years means it will take at least five. I have been driving across the University of West Florida Causeway for many years and have always wondered why some of them couldn’t be replaced with concrete culverts (think big, not like a driveway), backfilled, and paved over. Finally, this project would be more tolerable with a temporary bridge put in going around the one being worked on. They have done it before. Traffic is going to be a nightmare.

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