By Gary Lloyd
TRUSSVILLE — Headway is being made on the Husky Parkway bridge that will link Hewitt-Trussville High School to the future Hewitt-Trussville Stadium site.
The more than 300-foot bridge spans the Cahaba River and will alleviate traffic congestion on Deerfoot Parkway.
Trussville Mayor Gene Melton said that once the Husky Parkway bridge is completed, traffic patterns in Trussville will likely change. Congestion will move away from Chalkville Mountain Road and the downtown Trussville area. And, as the housing market improves, that area could be good for development.
A construction crew works on the Husky Parkway bridge last week.
photo by Ron Burkett
“That connection is huge to the city, public services and everybody,” he said. “There’s no telling what will develop in that area. People just can’t imagine when we make those connections how much impact it’s going to have on the downtown area.”
The Trussville City Council in August 2013 approved Birmingham-based Brasfield & Gorrie to construct the bridge. The contracting company was approved with a base bid of $3,281,445.13.
Melton said in August that the bridge could be built in a year.
The bridge will be three lanes and include a pedestrian lane.
“It’s wide,” Melton said last year.
The new Hewitt-Trussville Stadium, being constructed by Trussville-based Blalock Building Company for $14,626,550, is expected to be complete by late September. The Hewitt-Trussville football team plays 2014 home games against Gardendale (Aug. 29), Vestavia Hills (Sept. 12), Oak Mountain (Oct. 3), Hoover (Oct. 24) and Clay-Chalkville (Oct. 31).
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