Just this morning (January the 28th)
on Hwy 76 as you cross the Bull Shoals bridge near Forsyth Missouri,
there is a lit sign advertising a meeting at the local High School
concerning the 'Bridge Project' to be held Tuesday, February the 4th
at 5PM. Interestingly, no one at the local Bridge and Planning office
seemed to know anything about it. I then contacted MoDot in
Springfield at (417) 895-7600 and was told by
the person who answered that they also had no idea of who erected the
sign, but that they would get back to me.
Jann Clark of the Taney Country
Times was the only person I contacted who seemed to know what
was
going on. Yes, evidently a District Manager (Modot?) would be
available to answer questions at the school cafeteria on that date
presumably concerning some of the impacts that would result as part
of the extensive renovation efforts that could see the bridge closed
down for many months.
Fortunately, an article published, last Tuesday, in
the Branson
Tri-Lakes News on January the 21st went into better
detail as to some of the particulars concerning this effort. The
bottom line seems to be that Mo-Dot is just beginning to look at the
entire project, slated for 2017, and may even elect to push it back
in time if needed.
Update: I'm not sure who I heard this from, but
a person I know that went to the Bridge Project meeting held at the
Forsyth High School on February the 11th told me that one
idea was to just leave the old bridge standing even after a new one
is built. The old bridge could then be used exclusively for foot and
bicycle traffic for pedestrians. I like that!
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