Alamogordo NM
5-14-2025 2:33am

Washington Street Bridge Repair Plan In Progress to Soon Reopen 10th Street

Washington Street Bridge on 10th Street is scheduled for a temporary repair effort on order to again open access. In a statement from the city of Alamogordo they have reported a plan to repair and reopen. 

"Following our review of a model design created for the drainage running within the Washington Avenue Canal, it was decided that the Concrete Box Culvert (CBC) at E 10th Street and WashingtonAvenue is to be constructed in a larger size, and will serve as a permanent storm drain with an estimated lifespan of 25 years or more.

Because the design phase of this project can take up to a year, the City would like to re-open the bridge to traffic while the new Concrete Box Culvert is in design. We have contacted a Structural Engineer to obtain an alternative solution for opening the bridge safely.

This solution will be temporary, and will allow the design to be finalized in the meantime.

Construction in the area is set to pick up in the next few weeks. The bridge contractors will begin sealing the cracks in the bridge following the Structural Engineer’s upcoming collaborative determination of all desired specifications. There will soon be an expansion in the traffic control plan on a temporary basis to also allow water line maintenance and upgrades near the bridge. 

That work is being fast tracked ahead of schedule in a collaborative effort to minimize traffic disruption. This collaboration was encouraged by the city, with work to be conducted by La Luz Paving and General Hydronics Utilities in an effort to fast track and ensure traffic is not further blocked later in the summer. The effort to fastrack this traffic diversion, ahead of plan schedule, will mitigate a further traffic disruption. This work will be completed during the temporary bridge repair process.

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5-14-2025 9:36am

hope the general hydronics crew ain't the same one that did the new line for mountain orchard mutual domestic water association in haynes cyn - work wouldn't be finished in time for trump's re-election campaign...

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5-14-2025 12:11pm

This is a project that should've been in the planning stage as soon as
the 9th street bridge was closed years ago.
Why does it take a year to design a bridge who's parameters are already
known?  We know the basic design, a box culvert, the width length and
height. Are we just waiting for the architect to graduate from kindergarten?
Or is it just that his new box of crayons are being held up by the China
Tariff's?
The rerouting of traffic has also been a disaster, but that's to be expected
in a state where not a single agency of any level knows how to do it.
I have been in this state for almost 18 years and have never once seen
a temporary traffic management handled effectively by any city, county,
or state entity.
Here's a clue, install temporary 4 way stops at 9th and Cuba, 9th and
Oregon, and 9th and Washington.

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