Three county bridges to see replacement

Whitman County commissioners approved Monday the replacement of three bridges on county roads.

Bridges on the Uniontown East, Viola and Robertson roads will be replaced this summer by county crews. Altogether, the bridges are expected to cost the county more than $300,000, according to Public Works Director Mark Storey.

First on the docket is the Babinski Bridge over Union Flat Creek on Uniontown East Road. Storey said that work should begin by the first of June.

Babinski Bridge was made off limits to traffic weighing more than 30 tons in January after bridge inspectors noticed upward of 400 c...