Project History

City Council approved the 27th Street Bridge project design services during construction and construction management contract at the regular August 2, 2018 City Council meeting. Council awarded the bridge design services during construction contract to Wood and construction management contract to HDR.

City of Glenwood Springs officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking on November 14, 2018. Construction is set to begin in early 2019. Once construction begins, this project is currently anticipated to last for 12-18 months.

Construction will implement a bridge slide and minimize impacts to traffic, pedestrians, utilities, and river users. The new vehicle bridge will be built adjacent to the existing bridge and then slid into place. A new and separate pedestrian bridge also will be built, and all bridge piers will be removed from the Roaring Fork River.

The City received a $950,000 grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs and a $500,000 grant from the Garfield County Federal Mineral Lease District for the Construction of the 27th Street Bridge. Total grant funding for the replacement of this bridge is $3.18 million with almost $2.6 remaining for construction. As of March 2018, $620,828 of the Off-System Bridge funding had been utilized in the design with $1.1 million remaining for construction.

Ninety percent construction plans are available at cogs.us/DocumentCenter/View/3673

A PDF of design team AMEC Foster Wheeler's presentation from Nov. 16, 2016 is available at cogs.us/DocumentCenter/View/1528