Press Release:
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is advising motorists in Bartow County of a detour off State Route (SR) 293/Cassville Road in the city of Emerson, scheduled for this weekend to accommodate work on heat straightening the damaged beam of the bridge on US 41 over SR 293/CXS railroad. SR 293 will be closed from 8 p.m. on Friday, November 18 until 5 a.m. on Monday, November 21, 2016. Traffic will be detoured off the highway onto US 41 and Old Alabama Road.
The Georgia DOT urges motorists in Bartow County to watch out for the message boards at the closing points on SR 293 and signs along the detour route. “We certainly hope that all motorists watch out for these detour signs and be extra cautious while approaching this work zone,” said DeWayne Comer, district engineer at the Georgia DOT office in Cartersville. “We understand that the closure of Highway 293 at this location may cause some inconvenience and delays, but it is necessary for repairing the bridge as quickly as possible and giving the roadway back to the local traffic and traveling public,” Comer explained.
This operation is part of a project to rehabilitate the bridge on US 41 over CSX RR/SR 293/Cassville Road in Emerson, GA. The project includes heat straightening of damaged steel beams, repairing and replacing steel structural member, and painting steel superstructure. Work on this bridge rehabilitation project has just begun. It is expected to be entirely completed by the end of December 2016, at a construction cost of $219,755. The bridge was hit by an oversized truck that damaged the steel beams a few months ago.