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A Link-Belt 218 HSL crawler crane is positioned to lower concrete sound walls into place.
By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Phase II of the $45.8 million “Spiderweb” project debuted in April 2025 when crews from C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. began constructing a new five-lane, approximately 216-ft.-long bridge over Norfolk Southern Railway tracks on Buena Vista Road in South Columbus. The project also involves replacing the existing bridge over Bull Creek with a new eight-lane, approximately 321-ft.-long bridge. Additionally, the project includes the construction of two new roundabouts at nearby intersec-
tions. The project is expected to be completed in 2027, following a 24-month closure of the intersection connecting Buena Vista to local roads, which began on April 7, 2025. The $5.3 million Phase I, which began in August 2020, was awarded to Robinson Paving Co. That project was completed in August 2023. “[That] included the roundabout at Annette [Avenue] and Martin Luther King [Boulevard], the new signal at Annette and the majority of the utility relocations,” said Vance Beck, the Columbus Consolidated Government’s director of engineering.
Both phases of the project, which were funded by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST), are being managed by the city of Columbus. Columbus residents passed the TSPLOST in 2012. The closure of the intersection, referred to locally as the “spiderweb,” is expected to save $5 million by shortening the construction time by a year. “There’s always utility problems that arise or weather,” said Beck, “but [the closure] is slated to be a two-year project.” see GDOT page 6