Kline span demolition likely starts this year

Demolition of the bridge spanning the Monongahela River between Donora and Webster will begin before year's end.

The job is not expected to be completed until spring.

Long known as the Donora-Webster Bridge, the span was renamed the Lieutenant Governor Ernest P. Kline Memorial Bridge in honor of the Webster native.

The $2,601,566.39 demolition contract was awarded in June to Beech Construction Inc.

Project manager Scott Faieta said Beech recently submitted plans to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for demolition of the portion of the bridge over land on the Washington and Westmoreland county sides of the river.

The plans are under review at PennDOT District 12 in Uniontown.

Faieta said those portions of the bridge could come down as early as November.

The main span over the river likely won't be demolished until May, Faieta said.

He said a 200-day review is required for PennDOT, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard because the main section will be dropped into the river.

Built in 1908, the bridge was closed in July 2009 after a routine inspection revealed several main support beams had deteriorated.

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Kline span demolition likely starts this year