A main traffic artery in Rhinelander is back in operation. The Davenport Street bridge has been closed since April as part of the downtown Rhinelander Streetscape Project. City Administrator Kristina Aschenbrenner says the bridge has reopened....
".....the Davenport Street Bridge is open. Glad to report that, that's good progress. We had a little bit of a delay, first with bridge work, then with and then not having all the parts for the lights that we needed, but we are now up and running..."
The bridge is one of three leading to downtown Rhinelander. Traffic volume noticeably increased on the Phillip Street and Kemp Street bridges during the Davenport bridge work when the bridge was closed.
Aschenbrenner says a couple of delays have set back the planned 2016 construction schedule on the entire downtown project, but the city is still planning on finishing this year's work in October as projected. Next year the above ground work including landscaping will take place.
