DPW hosts public information meeting on Market Street Pedestrian Bridge Mar 25

A Public Information Meeting will take place on March 25, 2020 at 6 p.m. at the Osprey Landing Community Center, 10 Sanderling Way in Portsmouth to discuss plans for the Market Street Pedestrian Bridge at Portsmouth Boulevard.

Last summer, the Department of Public Works completed a detailed engineering inspection of this bridge as part of the City’s bridge maintenance program. The Market Street Pedestrian Bridge was previously identified as a priority candidate for preventative maintenance measures. The purpose of the meeting on March 25th is to gauge public interest in maintaining the bridge versus removing and replacing it with a signalized, “at-grade” pedestrian crossing.

This bridge is among the projects included in the City’s Bridge Capital Improvement Program. All City bridges are inspected by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NH-DOT), at a minimum, once every two years. Those determined to need work are prioritized as “red-listed bridges” and are inspected by NH-DOT annually, and closed if deemed unsafe.

The City is currently accepting bids for the Market Street and Kearsarge Way Bridge Repair Project which is anticipated to begin construction this spring. For more information on this project or to provide comments on the Market Street Pedestrian Bridge, contact Ryan Flynn, Construction Project Coordinator, at 603-766-1413 or raflynn@cityofportsmouth.com.