Friday, March 28, 2008
Railroad Crossings At Boldman and Harold Will Be Closed Monday. Motorists Need To Take Alternate Route.
Motorists will have to find detours on Monday, March 31, for the railroad crossings at Boldman and Harold. Both crossings will close at 8 a.m. and remain closed until 7 p.m.
“By the end of the day the goal is to have Harold finish with new asphalt and Boldman finished with packed rock. We will blacktop at Boldman on Tuesday, April 1,” said John Fortune, Appalachian Division Roadmaster for CSX.
Due to the number of crossings, Fortune said, time and weather have not permitted the track crew to finish everything as quickly as anticipated. “The Old Wagner Station crossing and the main one between Mossy Bottom and Broadbottom as well as the private crossing through Broadbottom will be blacktopped next week,” he said. “Ford’s Branch through Pauley Addition and Coal Run Hill are all complete.”
Fortune said the crossing at Ivel may close on Wednesday, April 2. The goal is to complete refurbish the crossing and put down new asphalt within one day.
Fortune expressed special thanks to Frank Hatcher, Pike County Road Foreman, and Gary France of the Pike County Road Department for their traffic control work over the past several weeks. “Joe Stanley and the highway crews from District 12 are always helpful, too,” he said, “and we couldn’t do the work as quickly as we do if it weren’t for the help of state and county road crews.”
This track and crossing work are part of a 57-mile refurbishing project in Pike and Floyd counties that involves 98 crossings and 25,000 railroad ties. Work began March 10 and is expected to last at least a month, with the track crew working Monday through Thursday, four-day weeks, for sometimes as long as 16 hours a day. Highway District 12 maintenance workers, Pike and Floyd county road department workers, and street crews from Pikeville have assisted in traffic control at crossing in their respective areas.
“By the end of the day the goal is to have Harold finish with new asphalt and Boldman finished with packed rock. We will blacktop at Boldman on Tuesday, April 1,” said John Fortune, Appalachian Division Roadmaster for CSX.
Due to the number of crossings, Fortune said, time and weather have not permitted the track crew to finish everything as quickly as anticipated. “The Old Wagner Station crossing and the main one between Mossy Bottom and Broadbottom as well as the private crossing through Broadbottom will be blacktopped next week,” he said. “Ford’s Branch through Pauley Addition and Coal Run Hill are all complete.”
Fortune said the crossing at Ivel may close on Wednesday, April 2. The goal is to complete refurbish the crossing and put down new asphalt within one day.
Fortune expressed special thanks to Frank Hatcher, Pike County Road Foreman, and Gary France of the Pike County Road Department for their traffic control work over the past several weeks. “Joe Stanley and the highway crews from District 12 are always helpful, too,” he said, “and we couldn’t do the work as quickly as we do if it weren’t for the help of state and county road crews.”
This track and crossing work are part of a 57-mile refurbishing project in Pike and Floyd counties that involves 98 crossings and 25,000 railroad ties. Work began March 10 and is expected to last at least a month, with the track crew working Monday through Thursday, four-day weeks, for sometimes as long as 16 hours a day. Highway District 12 maintenance workers, Pike and Floyd county road department workers, and street crews from Pikeville have assisted in traffic control at crossing in their respective areas.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 2:35 PM 
