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The Burma Road Bridge over the Hollywood Canal between St. Charles and Schriever has reopened after being closed for more than a year.
“We certainly understand that the public has been inconvenienced by this closure,” Lafourche Parish Director of Public Works Kerry Babin said in a printed statement. “We appreciate their patience and understanding, but this investment will provide many years of safe crossing over the canal.”
The bridge was closed last July after a Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development inspection showed structural problems on the 44-year old bridge.
“It’s been a real inconvenience for people since it went out,” said Council Chairman and District 4 representative Joseph “Joe” Fertitta in a printed statement, citing hassles the closures caused for children, parents, bus drivers and teachers trying to reach St. Charles Elementary School.
“The reopening of the Burma Road Bridge is very important to our school because it will once again allow those students riding the school bus from that area to arrive to school in a timely manner,” said St. Charles Elementary School Principal Barry Flice in a printed statement. “It is important to our students because now the beginning of their school day will resume as it should with reasonable time to eat breakfast and report to homeroom with their classmates.”
Before the bridge repairs, many parents had to drive their children to Burma Road to catch the bus in the morning.
“The bus drivers will be able to transport our students from that area to school with ample time to spare prior to the beginning of our school day,” Flice said.
The $415,000 repairs to the bridge began in February when the Lafourche Parish Government awarded the contract to two firms. Al Badeaux Engineers of Thibodaux did the engineering work on the sixty-foot long bridge and Dolphin Services completed the construction work.
A vehicle crosses the Burma Road Bridge. The bridge recently reopened after being shut down for more than a year after a Department of Transportation and Development inspection found structural damage.
