The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has officially opened the new bridge across the Hardware River leading to the boat ramp on the James River and improved the access road into the 1,055 acre WMA. The access road and boat ramp were opened on August 4 and officially dedicated September 2. The new bridge replaces the one originally constructed in 1932, and re-built by the Department in 1984.
Hurt & Proffitt provided surveying, geotechnical engineering, environmental permitting and civil engineering services to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for the development of this bridge in Fluvanna County, VA. Our services included hydraulic analysis of the Hardware and James River required to determine the elevation of the new bridge. The project included on-site and off-site borrow pits where erosion and sediment control plans and restoration plans were required for the General Contractor to construct the new bridge.
Hurt & Proffitt participated with officials of DGIF in reviewing the General Contractor proposals and conducting a thorough investigation of the proposals before the project was awarded. We provided all documents for obtaining the release of the permits to construct the new bridge. These documents included the release letters from the various reviewing agencies leading to the permit to construct from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Hurt & Proffitt also provided construction observation and materials testing services during the construction process.