Keowee Street Bridge part of massive $80 million bridge replacement projects that continue in Dayton area (MAP)

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The bridge abutments on the banks of the river and all three piers in the water have been completed, according to the Montgomery County Engineer’s Office, which is managing the $8.8 million project.

The next step is the placing of 36 beams across the pier spans in October. The beam work is expected to take about eight days. The project is expected to be completed in September 2019.

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With the opening of the Webster Street Bridge in November 2017, Dayton has finished the 10th of 11 bridge replacement projects.

The project’s origins started in 1999, when the city recognized many of its bridges were close to 75 years old and needed replacement. The first to finish was the Findlay Street Bridge over the Mad River, which opened in May 2006.

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In more than 11 years since, nine other new bridges have opened, transforming the over-river transportation in Dayton.

Here’s a look at the projects and their cost (in reverse chronological order):

Webster Street Bridge over the Mad River 

Opened: November 2, 2017

Cost: $10.1 million

Broadway Street Bridge over Wolf Creek

Opened: September 16, 2013

Cost: $2.4 million

Rosedale Drive Bridge over Wolf Creek

Opened: October 25, 2011

Cost: $1.9 million

Philadelphia Drive Bridge over Wolf Creek

Opened: January 11, 2011

Cost: $3.4 million

Edwin C. Moses Boulevard Bridge over Wolf Creek
aka the Veterans Memorial Bridge

Opened: May 13, 2010

Cost: $4.3 million

Stewart Street Bridge over the Great Miami River 

Opened: November 30, 2009

Cost: $15.4 million

Dayton Expressway Bridge over Keowee Street

Opened: November 3, 2008

Cost: $6.6 million

Paul Lawrence Dunbar Street Bridge over Wolf Creek

Opened: July 29, 2008

Cost: $2.4 million

Washington Street Bridge over the Great Miami River

Opened: December 6, 2007

Cost: $7.6 million

Findlay Street Bridge over the Mad River

Opened: May 5, 2006

Cost: $4.5 million