New Bridge near Bowdoin

Work on the removal of the old bridge crossing the Dodson South Irrigation Canal on Old Highway 2 east of Malta is in the books and work on the replacement bridge is proceeding smoothly and looks to be complete by its February target date.

"It's going along about as well as winter work does," said David Drga, Project Engineer from Century Construction who is the quality control manager on the Phillips County project.

Drga said the old bridge was completely removed as of early December and any materials not salvaged by the County (salvaged items including timbers and deck) were hauled off to th...