281 bridge update

MARBLE FALLS — Motorists don’t have much longer on the old U.S. 281 bridge over Lake Marble Falls, according to the highway department.

Construction on the first span of the nearly $37 million bridge replacement project is scheduled to finish in November, although all traffic will not move to the new span until February.

PHOTO:Workers for Archer Western Contractors are on schedule to finish all 26 of the 32-foot segments of the south column on the first span of the new U.S. 281 bridge next month. The entire first span should be finished in November. Photo courtesy of TxDOT