PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The Virginia of Transportation (VDOT) has reduced the weight limit on the one-lane Aden Road bridge from six tons to four, due to further corrosion of the structurally deficient 132-year-old truss bridge owned by Norfolk Southern Railroad. VDOT bridge crews inspected the bridge Thursday, March 27 and posted new weight limit signs the following day.
“We want to make sure that any vehicles over four tons – such as fire trucks and school buses –are not using the bridge,” said Gary Runco, VDOT’s bridge engineer in northern Virginia. Until reconstruction begins next year, we are inspecting the bridge twice a month and are consulting with Norfolk Southern to determine if interim repairs can be made.”
A $4.5 million construction project is scheduled to begin in spring 2015 to rehabilitate and strengthen the existing truss. It will remain in service to carry northbound Aden Road traffic and a new bridge will be built adjacent to the existing truss for southbound traffic.
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