YOUNGSTOWN The “bridge to nowhere” is about to go bye-bye.
The city’s board of control Thursday approved a $582,000 contract with Rudzik Excavating of Struthers to demolish the Crescent Street Bridge, and a separate agreement with Environmental Design Group of Akron to provide construction administration and inspection services for the project.
Charles Shasho, the city’s deputy director of public works, refers to the structure as “the bridge to nowhere” because the 78-foot steel girder goes over an abandoned railroad line, just west of West Rayen Avenue.
The bridge has been in poor condition for years, he said.
The work will begin in June and is expected to be finished by October.