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Construction of the replacement of the Neil R. Underwood Memorial Bridge across the inlet of Hampton Harbor that spans Route 1A from Hampton to Seabrook, N.H., began in May. SPS New England of Salisbury, Mass., is the lead contractor after offering a low bid of $107.5 million.
The long-planned project will be paid with 80 percent federal funds with the state’s 20 percent match coming from turnpike toll credits, according to Jennifer Reczek, a New Hampshire Department of Transportation bridge engineer. The bascule bridge was built in 1949 and replaced a wooden bridge originally constructed for trollies and cars, known as the “Mile-Long Bridge,” according to NHDOT. It has been rehabilitated multiple times, in 1963, 1978, 1983, see HARBOR page 8
Initial Phase of Vt.’s Champlain Parkway Finally Opens, Second Portion to Soon Begin The first phase of the long-planned Champlain Parkway in Burlington, Vt., is finally open, and construction on the remaining section of the road project is slated to begin later this fall, VTDigger reported. On Aug. 20, officials representing the city, state and federal governments cut the ribbon on the middle segment of the Champlain Parkway, an accomplishment decades in the making and first envisioned for the area in 1965. The two-lane, 25 mi.-per-hour street connects Home and Lakeside avenues and features shared-use pedestrian paths,
thousands of feet of new water and sewer lines for the area, and a stormwater retention pond that will absorb sediment being discharged into Lake Champlain. Prior to the ribbon-cutting — and flipping the switch for traffic lights at the Flynn Avenue and Champlain Parkway intersection — local officials touted the project as key to furthering housing and business development in Burlington’s South End and along the Pine Street corridor, while alleviating truck traffic near Champlain Elementary School. see CHAMPLAIN page 12