Chestnut Street bridge work begins next month, requiring bridge closure

posted on 12/16/2022

The City Council this week awarded a $2.1 million bid for the rehabilitation of the Chestnut Street bridge to New England Infrastructures, LLC.

The project consists of removing the pavement, membrane and sidewalks on the bridge, repairing deteriorated concrete in the bridge deck, cold-planing of the pavement, reconstructing the bridge sidewalks, and installing new bridge membrane, new bridge pavement and new wearing-course pavement.

Work on the project is expected to begin next month, and the contractor is authorized to close the bridge to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic through May to complete the work. The Transportation Advisory Commission reviewed and approved the closure plan at its May 23, 2022, meeting.

More details of the project schedule will be posted next week after a preconstruction meeting with the contractor.

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The project will significantly affect traffic, and the City of Dover will release regular updates about the project and related traffic impacts. To sign-up for these updates, visit https://bit.ly/dovernewsletters and add “Project update: Chestnut Street bridge repairs” to your current email subscription list.

Project documents and updates will be posted to the dedicated project page available at https://www.dover.nh.gov/government/cityoperations/community-services/current-projects/chestnut-streetbridge-repairs/. For more information, contact Community Services at 603-516-6450.