Thursday, 4:30 PM
State begins bridge-painting spree
By Stephanie M. Peters, Globe correspondent
The state Department of Conservation and Recreation today announced a five-year $7.5 million plan to paint rusted and corroded steel bridges in Greater Boston.
"This long-overdue maintenance will help to preserve and protect a number of key bridges over DCR's urban parkways," DCR Commissioner Stephen H. Burrington said in a statement. "And this bridge painting effort is just one of the projects our Department is undertaking to repair and rehabilitate our bridge infrastructure."
Painting on the Charles Circle Ramp, which connects Charles Circle to Storrow Drive westbound, has begun and the $278,860 project is expected to be complete by Nov. 15. Next spring, the Charles Circle Ramp from Storrow Drive to Charles Circle and the pedestrian bridge at Charles Street over Embankment Road will be painted.
DCR also began work today on the replacement of the Storrow Drive westbound sidewalk between Longfellow Bridge and the Lower Basin Barracks. The new sidewalk is expected to be completed on Nov. 6.
