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MDOT Crews Complete 69 Targeted Bridge Safety Inspections

HANOVER, Md. (WJZ) -- Sixty-nine bridges have been inspected since the 495-I-85 incident when loose concrete fell from a bridge onto a passing car.

SHA completed repairs to that bridge on Friday.

SHA inspected 27 bridges of similar age and condition to that bridge, and identified 42 additional bridges that should be re-inspected.

Now there are 17 bridges that need to be repaired; this work will impact traffic.

SHA deployed teams today to remove loose concrete from bridges at five locations:
I-270 over MD 85 (Frederick)*
I-495 over MD 4, both bridges (Prince George's)
I-495 over MD 414, both bridges (Prince George's)
I-495 over Suitland Parkway, both bridges (Prince George's)*
US 301 over MD 290 (Queen Anne's) *
*Identified in original 27

SHA will close lanes and may use flagging operations underneath the bridges on the roads noted. Crews will continue work until 3 p.m. throughout the weekend, weather permitting. Three contractors will perform the work: Concrete General, PDI Sheetz and Brawner.
Listed below are all the bridges inspected and the outcome of the review:
Bridge Carrying Over Concrete Removal (Y/N) Removal Completed
I-68 Ramp B Howard Street N N/A
MD 100 MD 2 N N/A
MD 100 MD 174 N N/A
MD 100 MD 3 Bus N N/A
MD 100 Oakwood Rd N N/A
I-695 MD 170 Y
I-695 MD 295 N N/A
MD 710 South MD 10 N N/A
MD 137* I-83 N N/A
I-83 NBR* PADONIA ROAD Y
MD 151 MD 150 N N/A
MD 151 * PAT & BACK RIVER RR, MD 151B N N/A
I-695 IL * BENSON AVE N N/A
I-695 IL* US 1, LEEDS AVE, AMTRAK N N/A
I-695 MD 372 N N/A
CROSBY ROAD * I-695 N N/A
I-695* MILFORD MILL ROAD N N/A
MD 147 I-695 N N/A
PUTTY HILL ROAD I-695 N N/A
I-695 OL I-695 IL N N/A
US 15 Potomac River, CSX, C&O N N/A
I-270 NB* MD 85 Y
I-270 SB* MD 85 Y
US 15 NB* MD 26 N N/A
I-70 Alt 40 Y
US 40 EB * US 40 RAMP F N N/A
Mussetter Rd I-70 N N/A
MD 546* I-68 N N/A
US 40/219 I-68 N N/A
US 1 Race Track Road Y
TRIDELPHIA ROAD* MD 32 N N/A
US 29 I-70 N N/A
MD 32 EB I-95SB N N/A
MD 175 Pedestrian Walkway N N/A
MD 290 MD 301 Y
MD 195* SLIGO CREEK PKWY/SLIGO CR Y
Comus Road I-270 N N/A
US29 MD 650 N N/A
MD 191 I-495 N N/A
I-495 MD 185 Y
I-495 Kensington Y
SEMINARY ROAD * I-495 N N/A
MD 193 * I-495 N N/A
MD 193 CSX, Metro, 55th Ave N N/A
I-95/495 IL Good Luck Road N N/A
I-95 MD 450 Y
DARCY ROAD* I-95 Y
I-95 MD 4 Y
I-95 IL * SUITLAND PARKWAY Y
I-95 OL * SUITLAND PARKWAY Y
I-95 OL* SUITLAND ROAD Y 2/13/2015
I-95 MD 5 Y
I-95/495 IL MD 414 Y
MD 4 MD 223 N N/A
US 301 NB* MD 290 Y
MD 18B US 50 N N/A
MD 33 Knapps Narrows N N/A
I-70WB * I-81 N N/A
I-70 EB* I-70 RAMP A N N/A
US 522 I-70 EBR Ramp A N N/A
Bower Ave I-70 N N/A
I-70 EB* MD 65 N N/A
US 522 Various Routes N N/A
US 40* I-70 N N/A
I-70 WB CD I-81 N N/A
I-70 EB CD I-81 N N/A
US 13 Business Norfolk Southern N N/A
US 13 NB US 50 N N/A
I-895 NB/SB (MDTA)* NEWKIRK & PONCA ST. N N/A

*Original 27 27
All other recommended by engineers and maintenance crews 42

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