MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The state Division of Highways reports right-of-way acquisition for the new bridge across the Monongahela River to serve the Morgantown Industrial Park is going as planned and the project is expected to start in the spring.
St. Albans-based Triton Construction, Inc. was awarded the project for a contract price of $59.7 million.
Preliminary designs showed the bridge access would come off U.S. 119/Grafton Road in the vicinity between Scott Avenue and the Glotfelty Tire Center. The access would intersect with Smithtown Road at grade south of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses chapel, crossing the river and connecting to Morgantown Industrial Park via Rail Street.
Jason Nelson, DOH District 4 Construction Engineer, said the project complying with initial material approvals and shop drawings, but a preliminary schedule has been developed.
The tentative completion time frame for the project is the fall of 2026.