Crews Work on First Section of WV 9 Replacement Job

Wed February 27, 2002 - Northeast Edition
Brenda Ruggiero

Crews in West Virginia are currently working on the first section of a $110-million project that will replace WV 9 with a new four-lane highway that will run from Charles Town to the Virginia line.

The current project runs from U.S. 340 and intersects with Cattail Road, a distance of approximately 1.25 mi. (2 km). The contract includes two separate overpass bridges for 340 and all on/off ramps. Matt Kitchen, project engineer for the West Virginia Division of Highways, reported the cost at $7.8 million. Funding is 80 percent federal and 20 percent state.

Work began in mid-November 2001, and completion is scheduled for Oct. 30, 2002.

The general contractor is Central Contracting Inc., St. Albans, WV. Its equipment list includes a Komatsu 400 excavator, a Komatsu 300 excavator, three Komatsu D65 dozers, five Volvo A35 off-road haul trucks, a Svedala hydraulic track drill, and a Hypac steel drum roller. A total of 775,000 cu. yds. (592,535 cu m) of dirt will be removed.

Shelly Foundations, Avonmore, PA, has been contracted for the bridge work, and will use a Texoma Magnum drill rig for the job.

Clearing of the site, including trees and brush, was completed under a separate contract by Ahern and Associates.

Brenda Ruggiero

Brenda Ruggiero has written for CEG for over 20 years. She lives near the town of Accident in far western Maryland. Her favorite assignments so far involved interviews with Survivor’s Boston Rob and hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut. Both were involved in construction at one time.

Brenda holds a BA in Mass Communication with a writing focus from Frostburg State University and minors in Public Relations and Political Science. She works full time as a staff writer for a weekly newspaper, the Garrett County Republican. She enjoys feature writing the most, which gives her the opportunity to talk to people and share their stories.

Brenda and her middle school sweetheart, Reuben, have been married for over 34 years and have three grown children and four cats.

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