Route 743 bridge replacement over Tarrara Creek completed, detour lifted
Published 11:29 am Friday, August 25, 2023
- Pictured is the completed Route 743 bridge over Tarrara Creek in Southampton County. The replacement project was finished months ahead of schedule and under budget. (Photo submitted by the Virginia Department of Transportation)
A portion of Route 743 (Burnt Reed Road) near Boykins in Southampton County is open to traffic as of Friday, Aug. 25, following the early completion of a Virginia Department of Transportation project to replace the bridge over Tarrara Creek.
A VDOT news release noted that the work on Route 743 near the intersection of Route 743 (Burnt Reed Road) and Route 716 (Odom Chapel Road) included replacing the previous multi-span, steel-beam, wood-deck bridge. The new single-span, box-beam bridge includes expanded 11-foot travel lanes.
The project, originally scheduled for completion this fall, finished months ahead of schedule and under budget. VDOT awarded the $1.29 million bridge replacement project contract to Crofton Construction Services Inc. in late 2022, with construction beginning in February 2023.
