The century-old Stevenson Bridge, the heavily tagged “Graffiti Bridge” west of Davis, is about to go quiet for a while. Solano and Yolo counties are moving ahead with a long-planned rehabilitation project that will bring months of intermittent closures starting in early May and stretching into the fall. The work is set to shore up the foundations, strengthen the span against earthquakes and repair battered concrete, while officials continue to wrestle with a very local question: what happens to all that graffiti.
What officials say
County officials have announced an $8.3 million rehabilitation package that will cover scour protection, seismic retrofitting, roadway realignment, new foundations and concrete repairs, and warned that the bridge and nearby roads will be closed at times during construction, according to CBS Sacramento. That report notes closures are scheduled to start on May 1 and continue through October, with county officials saying they hope to wrap the bulk of the work within a single construction season. Local access to nearby homes and businesses will be maintained during the project, according to county spokespeople…..