Hays County Precinct 3 Commissioner Will Conley announced today that the Fischer Store Road Bridge will be open to traffic much earlier than initially expected and invited the public to a ribbon-cutting ceremony February 26. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and members of the TxDOT Board of Commissioners are expected to be among those in attendance.
“Thanks to our partnership with TxDOT and help from state and local officials, we were able to start planning the bridge replacement on Monday, Memorial Day, following the devastating 2015 flood that demolished the bridge,” Conley said. “The loss of the bridge cut off an essential part of the County’s transportation network, causing public safety and quality of life issues for hundreds of families in southwestern Hays County.”
Residents who needed to travel to or from Wimberley, Dripping Springs or Austin had a one-way detour between ranging from 40 to 50 miles.
Conley noted that TxDOT began construction on the bridge in November 2015 and anticipated completion in May 2016. “That initial timeline was an ambitious one and for TxDOT to have it finished three months earlier than that is extraordinary. We greatly appreciate the push by TxDOT and its contractor to get it finished.”
The ribbon-cutting will be held at 101 Stone Canyon, Wimberley, at 10 a.m. Friday, February 26.