The New York State Department of Transportation recently completed the $3.9 million replacement of the Route 38 bridge over Fall Creek in Freeville.
The new bridge replaces one built in 1935. The new structure is 75 feet above Fall Creek and features 11-foot-wide travel lanes with 5-foot-wide shoulders.
Approaches to the bridge were reconstructed and resurfaced.
Sidewalks on both sides provide access to and from a nature trail on the north side of the crossing.
Guiderails, crosswalks, and new signs were installed on Fall Creek Road and Peruville Road in Freeville.
The new bridge allows for more water to pass underneath when high rainfall raises the creek level.
“This new bridge is an example of how New York State, under Governor Cuomo’s leadership, is transforming our transportation network to meet the needs of the 21st Century and keep the Southern Tier Soaring,” Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez said. “… we take pride in working with local communities to make intelligent infrastructure improvements that improve community life and energize local economies – and that is exactly what this bridge exemplifies.”
The roadway links Cortland and Tompkins counties and provides motorists access to Freeville’s business district.
New York has invested more than $7.4 billion in the region since 2012.