WSDOT awards final construction contract on Lewis and Clark Bridge painting project
Recovery Act provides $12.5 million needed to complete long-term project
LONGVIEW – WSDOT has been working since 2002 to improve the SR 433, Lewis and Clark Bridge in Longview, first replacing the deck and more recently painting and preserving the metal superstructure. On April 30, WSDOT awarded the final construction contract to Odyssey/Geronimo JV of Houston, Penn., with a winning bid of $33.7 million. Following recent trends, the project came in at 7.3 percent under the engineer’s estimate of $36.4 million.