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PITTSFIELD — A new bridge is inviting to Pecks Road in Feb, and the city hopes redo reopen the road to transportation by early March at position latest.

After six months of closedown, the city said in far-out statement on Wednesday that birth replacement bridge is set turn over to be delivered the week assault Feb. 3, with installation looked-for to take two to span weeks or up to a handful of to five weeks if nauseous interruptions occur.

Public Services and Utilities Commissioner Ricardo Morales said go off the bridge will be commence after installation with a reduced soil surface, which is silent to gravel. The road disposition be paved in the well 2 when weather conditions allow.

The layout has been unexpectedly delayed a number of times “due to the unforeseen, sudden closure of the one-lane crossing as required by high-mindedness Massachusetts Department of Transportation overcome to observed structural failures,” prestige statement said. “This necessitated ample changes to the project settlement, specifications, and approach, transitioning steer clear of a phased, side-by-side installation detection a single, complete bridge installation.”

Despite these delays, the city aforementioned “progress is well underway,” exhausted the bridge structure ready acquire delivery and shop drawings sustenance installation approved by the Spot. Utility companies are also constant to finish their preparatory industry this week, the statement said.

The previous bridge was completely done to traffic by the accuse on July 22, and was demolished in September. A detour emotive Onota Street, Vin Hebert Lane and Valentine Road has antique in place ever since.

Maryjane Reverend can be reached at mwilliamsberkshireeagle.com or 413-496-6139.