Large Turnout For Open House On Apalachee River Bridge

Sixty-nine people turned out last Thursday evening at Oconee Veterans Park to learn about and express an opinion on the proposed replacement bridge for SR 186 over the Apalachee River at High Shoals.

Those who attended the two-hour open house were presented with two alternate plans for the bridge replacement.

The preferred alternate is to construct a new bridge along the existing bridge alignment.

The existing bridge would be removed during construction, necessitating a 15.8 mile detour route for SR 186 from Good Hope in Walton County to Bishop in Oconee County.

A second alternative is to construct a new bridge just upstream from the existing bridge, which would remain in use during construction.

For more on the story, please go to Oconee County Observations.