ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, November 15, 1996              TAG: 9611150037
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 

A BRIDGE IN PROGRESS

LENGTH: Short :   26 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  NHAT MEYER/Staff. Structural beams for a bridge that 
          connects new road construction on U.S. 11/460 near Elliston were 
          installed Thursday. The one-mile, $1.8 million project started in 
          the spring, and is about 70 percent complete, according to Virginia 
          Department of Transportation Engineer Russell Whitworth. The 
          two-lane, east-bound stretch will replace a one-lane section that 
          goes over a narrow bridge and passes in front of Elliston-Lafayette 
          Elementary School. Whitworth said VDOT planned to demolish the old 
          bridge, but Montgomery County may take over responsibility and use 
          it for foot travel. The elementary school might have benefited the 
          most from all this construction. Russell said they needed more land 
          fill for the road, so they leveled a hill behind the school. VDOT 
          will eventually pave that area for a walking track and playground. 
          color.