Gov. Justice Celebrates Completion Of I-70 Bridge Project In Wheeling

WHEELING, WV – Gov. Jim Justice and leaders from the West Virginia Department of Transportation held an event today to officially commemorate the completion of the I-70 Bridge Project in Wheeling.

The project, which rehabilitated or replaced 26 bridges and ramps along a seven-mile stretch of I-70 in Wheeling, was the largest project undertaken under Gov. Justice’s Roads to Prosperity program when bid in 2019. Final cost of the project is $221,034,932.55.

"Everyone said that this would be impossible, and it was going to take forever, and the traffic was going to be crazy, and everything under the sun," Gov. Justice said. "But lots and lots of people pulled the rope, did they not? Whether it was our great Jimmy Wristen, the Department of Transportation, Randy Damron, all the contractors, all the people that made this all happen, all the great city people, the workers, and all of our officials, we're so good in this state when we unleash us."

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