State to fund demolition of Youngstown's West Avenue Bridge
YOUNGSTOWN - A long-abandoned bridge on Youngstown’s Westside is headed for demolition.
Governor Mike DeWine’s Office has announced that $606,375 is being made available to remove the 94-year-old West Avenue Bridge.
Located near the Youngstown Water Department, the span over the Mahoning River was built in the 1920s.
Money for the demolition, targeted for 2025, is included in $28 million worth of funding to support local projects to repair, replace, or demolish 24 aging bridges in Ohio.
Funding from the Municipal Bridge Program has been allotted to support the total replacement of 16 bridges, the repair of four bridges, and the demolition of four bridges.
The four bridges that will be demolished have each been out of use for several years
