New Bridge in Bluefield

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“development of an intermodal facility”     what a joke we just spent 32 million on a intermodal facility in Prichard WV  which now is own by the county going to be used for a rip track 

Endless tax dollars 

 

Larry Evans

 

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We always called it "Hale's Culvert," so I never knew it was "Midway Tunnel."

 

Jim Nichols

 

On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 06:10:04 AM CST, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org <mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> > wrote: 

 

 

 


USDOT issues grants for rural rail project in  West Virginia


In Bluefield, West Virginia, the $13.5 million grant to the state's Department of Transportation will help fund construction of an overpass bridge and road improvements on an approach to an intermodal facility. The project will replace an existing one-lane, signal-controlled railroad underpass (Old Bramwel Road/County Route 11/Midway Tunnel) with an overpass that includes separated pedestrian and bicycle accommodations.

Midway Tunnel is a 128-year-old, 195-foot-long underpass on Old Bramwell Road (Mercer County Route 11) that passes under eight  <https://www.progressiverailroading.com/norfolk_southern/> Norfolk Southern Railway tracks and associated rail yard. Replacing the underpass with an overpass will make possible the development of an intermodal facility and also will reconnect the disadvantaged Midway community located along Old Bramwell Road and the rest of Bluefield, which are separated by the railroad, according to the  <https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2023-12/Rural%20Fact%20Sheets%20FY%202023_2024.pdf> USDOT's project fact sheet.

 

Kenneth Borg

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