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Casey Overpass Project Goes Out to Bid

Last updated on January 22, 2015

The future of the Casey Overpass is just one of the development issues facing Forest Hills.
The future of the Casey Overpass is just one of the development issues facing Forest Hills.

Over the weekend, the project to raze the Casey Overpass and replace it with a network of surface roads took a giant step forward.

The state Department of Transportation put the $61 million project out to bid. Here’s how the bid announcement looked in Saturday’s Globe.

Part of Casey Overpass project bid
Part of Casey Overpass project bid

The full bid advertisement (which is very long) is pasted at the bottom of this post.

The decrepit overpass has long been reduced to one lane in each direction to cut down on loose concrete falling from the bridge — or worse.

In recent months, the process has been delayed while the Massachusetts Historical Commission reviewed plans to turn Shea Circle, the rotary at the Franklin Park end of the bridge, into a regular intersection with traffic lights. The commission wanted proof that destruction of the 1939 traffic circle is worth it in terms of increasing safety for pedestrians, bike riders and car drivers. The commission told the public who attended an April 4 meeting that there was no “reasonable and prudent” alternative to the demolition.

Once construction begins, it is expected to last through fall 2016.

Some residents continue to fight the project’s design, urging authorities to instead rebuild a bridge.

Casey Overpass legal ad
Casey Overpass legal ad
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