{"id":1826,"date":"2015-04-28T16:08:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T20:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2015-04-28T16:08:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T20:08:07","slug":"oakland-road-to-be-closed-for-three-months-for-new-sleepy-creek-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=1826","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Road To Be Closed For Three Months for New Sleepy Creek Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Oakland Road (Morgan County Route 28) &#8212; ten miles south of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia &#8212; \u00a0will be closed to through traffic beginning as early as May 4, 2015.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bridge2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1828\" title=\"bridge2\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bridge2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That\u2019s according to the West Virginia Division of Highways.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1827\" title=\"bridge\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bridge-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Division of Highways will be constructing a new bridge over Sleepy Creek.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The closure, located approximately one mile east of US 522, will be in place 24 hours a day, seven days a week.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Motorists are advised to use Fish Hatchery Road (County Route 38\/10) and Timber Ridge Road (County Route 28\/2) to detour around the project.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/plate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1829\" title=\"plate\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/plate-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Construction is expected to be completed in approximately three months, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The arch bridge that is being replaced was built in 1920 by contractor H.F. Ringeling.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to a plate on the bridge, Morgan County Commissioners at the time were B.E. Dawson and F.E. Ride.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oakland Road (Morgan County Route 28) &#8212; ten miles south of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia &#8212; \u00a0will be closed to through traffic beginning as early as May 4, 2015. That\u2019s according to the West Virginia Division of Highways. The Division &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=1826\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}