Albemarle County: Route 641 bridge reopens months ahead of schedule

VDOT reopened the bridge on Route 641 (Frays Mill Road) over Marsh Run in Albemarle County well ahead of schedule.

The state agency hired Fairfield-Echols of Fishersville to replace the deteriorating 1943 steel and timber structure. Work began Jan. 2 with a Dec. 5 deadline. But the contractor completed the project more than two and a half months early.

The original structure was 14 feet 6 inches wide, and the new steel and timber bridge is 20 feet 4 inches wide. The length of the new bridge is 44 feet 6 inches as opposed to the original bridge which measured only 25 feet long.