Z-Way project to Beaver bid at $54 million

Nov. 14—charleston, w.va. — A major portion of the Beckley Z-Way bypass project is among 32 construction projects awarded by the West Virginia Division of Highways on Monday.

Mountaineer Contractors Inc. was low bidder on a portion of the Beckley Z-Way bypass project from Shady Spring to Beaver with a bid of $54 million. The 3.6-mile project will connect the intersection of US 19 and WV 3 at Shady Spring with US 19 at Beaver. It will connect with another section of the Z-Way planned from Beaver to South Eisenhower Drive in Beckley.

The Z-Way project is designed to alleviate congestion on US 19 through the communities of Beaver, Shady Spring, and into Beckley.

The funding comes from the state's $2.8 billion Roads to Prosperity program.

Also on Monday, the WVDOH awarded a contract to Ohio-West Virginia Excavating Company for $2.7 million to replace the Playground Bridge on US 40 east of Elm Grove. The bridge was built in 1917 and subject to a rehabilitation project in 1989, but is currently under weight restrictions. Failure to replace the bridge would result in an eight-mile detour.

Both projects were awarded from a bid letting conducted Tuesday, October 17.

Other regional projects awarded Monday:

* West Virginia Paving Inc. was the low bidder on a paving project on US 219 from Frankford to Renick Road, with a bid of $2,043,809.27. (Greenbrier County)

* West Virginia Paving Inc. was the low bidder on a paving project on WV 99 from Bolt to Glen Daniel, with a bid of $1,057,629.40. (Raleigh County)

* West Virginia Paving Inc. was the low bidder on a paving project from Camp Creek to Dunns, with a bid of $1, 268,946.49. (Mercer County)

* West Virginia Paving Inc. was the low bidder on a paving project on WV 16 from Fayetteville to Old Route 38 Road, with a bid of $1,010,569.17. (Fayette County)

* Triton Construction Inc. was the low bidder on a pipe project on US 19 in Mt. Nebo, with a bid of $2,939,275. (Nicholas County)