A major Northside bridge could be repaired by the spring, weather pending.
Jackson hopes to begin advertising for bids on the Meadowbrook Road bridge improvement project on November 1.
The project must be bid out for 30 days. From there, a contractor will be selected, and a proposal will be made to the Jackson City Council for approval.
Construction could begin early next year and wrap up by March 31, weather pending, according to city officials.
A roughly 1,000-foot span of Meadowbrook between East Ridge and Berlin Drives was closed earlier this year, following bridge inspections by the Mississippi Office of State Aid Road Construction.
Inspections showed that the wooden pilings underneath the Meadowbrook structure were infested with termites and dangerous to motorists.
For motorists driving along Meadowbrook, detour options include taking Forest Park Drive or Berlin Drive to London Avenue and exiting back onto Meadowbrook from Brussels.
Drivers can also head south on Comanche, turn left on Cherokee Drive and exit back onto Meadowbrook at Chippewa Circle.
Meadowbrook east of Ridgewood is traveled by about 3,400 vehicles a day.
The bridge was one of 13 in the capital city closed. Others on the Northside included ones on Hawthorn Drive near Robin Drive and one on Cavalier Drive.
In August, the city council hired Stantec Consulting Services to draw up plans to replace the structures along Hawthorn and Cavalier, both of which are in Fondren.
The contract was for approximately $182,000, and design work was expected to get underway immediately.
The Hawthorn bridge is located in the street’s 3000 block. The Cavalier bridge is located between Old Canton Road and Wood Dale Drive. Jackson recently received $50,000 in state monies to repair the Hawthorn bridge. It was not known when that project would be bid out.
