Direct Connect January 2026

The removal of the bridge abutment for the temporary Browning Road overpass is almost complete. You can see the temporary retaining wall that was behind it. They will now complete the concrete retainin wall and join it to the permannt bridge abutment. 

Just south of the Browning Road overpass a temporary support has bee installed which will be used when the steel for the main line overpass is installed. 

Browning Road Overpass January 2026

Here is picture fropm 1/17 showing the continued removal of the temporary abutment that was part of the temporary Browning Road overpass, removal is almost complete.  

Browning Road Overpass January 2026

This week they have started to remove the temporary bridge abutment that was holding up the termporary Browning Road overpass. Here is a picture from Tuesday..

This picture is from Wednesday. You can see a couple feet of the abutment has been removed and exposed the I-beam and wood retaining wall behind it. Once removed the mechancially stablized earth retaining wall will be completed up to the overpass. 

Direct Connect December 2025

There hasn't been a lot of progress recently that is easy to photograph, but I did find the Google Earth was updated recently for that area. Here is a picture from October of 2025.

Here I have marked up the location of the new overpasses in red and the support beams in yellow. Most of the columns for the supports are complete and some of the beams are already on site waiting to be installed. At the top of the picture you can see the two sections where steel beams have already been installed. 

Direct Connect November 2025

 Here is a look at the progress on the raised section that will bring the north bound traffic on 295 up to the new mainline overpass. 

More steel has been set leading up to the Browning Road overpass. 

Direct Connect October 2025

There has a been a lot of work going on all around the Browning Road Bridge Area.

A few weeks ago a new traffic pattern was put in place that shifted the traffic coming off the Al-Jo curve and going to 42 South further to the left so it now merges close to the Browning Road overpass. This actually brings this merge back to the way it was a long time ago. 

This lane shift has opened up room to build the four remaining support columns which they have started to dig foundations for. 

Here is a look at the progress on the raised section that will bring the north bound traffic on 295 up to the new mainline overpass. The wall to the right is the section that will carry the south bound 295 traffic. 

At the other side of the overpass all the steel has been set on the section. 

While all this work is going on, more pieces of steel are being staged. These are sitting on the shoulder along 295 South just above the Al-Jo curve. These appear to be the pieces that will span between the column over the highway and will support the beams that actually carry the road. 

More steel pieces are being staged in this area between 76 and 295 where the pumping station is. 

One final piece is staged by the southern end of the overpass likely where it will eventually be installed. 

Direct Connect September 2025

A major milestone was reached this week when the first steel was set for the new 295 main line overpass. There beams connect the newly reconstructed section to the first pier by the Browning Road overpass.