Photo Focus: DPW Makes Progress on Bridge Project By Source staff June 13, 2024

The Public Works Department continues to move forward, making more progress on the St. Croix bridge projects, the department announced Thursday.

The project includes five sites: East Airport Road, Altona Lagoon, Queen Mary Highway, Midland Road, and Agriculture Road. Pile installation for the foundation of the East Airport Bridge is complete. Construction of the abutments for the support of the bridge superstructure is ongoing. Meanwhile, at the Altona Lagoon, the precast beams are on-island and will be transported to the site to begin placing them on the abutments. This will begin in the coming weeks. Both bridges are being constructed by Virgin Islands Paving Inc., according to the press release.

Custom Builders is constructing the bridges on Queen Mary Highway and Midland Road. Currently, the contractor is completing the bridge approaches on Queen Mary Highway. This is expected to be completed in the next three weeks, and paving will follow, the press release stated.