The firm hired to create a design for a replacement for the Belmont Bridge asked the Charlottesville Planning Commission Tuesday for feedback on the long-awaited project. “The bridge that we have now, that I have hated for more than 50 years, was designed to move cars and not people,” said Commissioner Genevieve Keller, who added […]
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Belmont Bridge Steering Committee endorses design elements
The Belmont Bridge Steering Committee weighed in on three key design elements for the bridge at their meeting Wednesday. They provided input on issues related to pedestrian circulation and access to Graves Street from the bridge. In order to make their decisions, the ten-person Steering Committee reviewed the current Belmont Bridge design concepts by contractor […]
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Belmont Bridge committee narrows in on replacement design
Richmond-based Kimley-Horn Associates is coming closer to developing a design for the replacement of Charlottesville’s Belmont Bridge, and a steering committee overseeing the company’s work was presented with several alternatives Monday. Engineers and designers with Kimley-Horn have not yet developed distinct concepts but showed the committee several alternatives for all facets of the bridge to […]
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Kimley-Horn wraps up Belmont Bridge design workshop
The firm designing a replacement for the deteriorating Belmont Bridge has concluded three days of intense planning for the structure. “We have had wonderful weeks in Charlottesville, and the last three days have been impressive,” said Sal Musarra, with Richmond-based Kimley-Horn. City Council voted in the summer of 2014 to proceed with a bridge replacement […]
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Belmont Bridge replacement doesn’t need iconic status, survey says
Terrible. Unsafe. Crumbling. Those were some of the words that participants in a mobility summit on a Belmont Bridge replacement used to describe the aging downtown Charlottesville structure. “My favorite description used was ‘lumpy,’” said Jonathan Whitehurst with Kimley-Horn, the Richmond-based firm tasked with developing a new design. The company provided an update Wednesday at […]
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Kimley-Horn begins public process for new Belmont Bridge design
As work begins for a new Belmont Bridge, members of the design team spent Tuesday night ex-plaining the parameters and constraints involved in creating a replacement for the deteriorating Charlottesville structure. “The Belmont Bridge was last rated at 40 on a scale of 100,” said Sal Musarra, project manager with Kimley-Horn. “That is not a […]
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Sidewalk to be closed on deteriorating Belmont Bridge
As a second process begins to design a new Belmont Bridge, the western sidewalk on the structure soon will be closed while construction documents are drawn up for the bridge’s re-placement. “The sidewalk has degraded to a point that it has become a safety concern,” said Alexander Ikefuna, the city’s director of neighborhood development services. […]
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City signs design contract for Belmont Bridge replacement
Charlottesville officials have signed a contract with a Richmond-based firm to produce construction documents for a Belmont Bridge replacement by the end of March 2018. The scope of work outlined in the contract with Kimley-Horn covers 19 tasks, including traffic-engineering and analysis; roadway design; and coordination with the railroad over which the bridge will cross. […]
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Kimley-Horn hired to design new Belmont Bridge
The city of Charlottesville has selected a new firm to oversee design for a replacement for the Belmont Bridge, a structure that has been deteriorating for several years. Richmond-based Kimley-Horn and Associates will be paid $1.98 million to serve as design consultant for a “gateway” bridge. A subcommittee of the Belmont Bridge Steering Committee selected […]
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Council approves resolution to funnel local workers to Belmont Bridge construction
Charlottesville City Council on Monday approved a resolution directing City Manager Maurice Jones and his staff to find ways to funnel local workers to jobs associated with the Belmont Bridge replacement project. The measure passed, 5-0, as part of the council’s consent agenda, a list of measures that do not require public discussion before being […]
