QUITMAN — Contractors have completed all major construction tasks on the TIA-funded bridge replacement project on Devane Road in Brooks County and plan to reopen the roadway to traffic on Aug. 31.

The Scruggs Company closed Devane Road for construction from its intersection with US 221/US 84/SR 38/Thomasville Road to SR 76 on Jan. 3. The project replaced the old two-lane 64-feet long bridge at Okapilco Creek Tributary, originally built in 1922, with a two-lane 100-feet long structure and also resurfaced the 2.1 miles of Devane Road.

The project was budgeted at $4 million with all costs paid by the one-cent TIA sales tax approved by Southern Georgia region voters in 2018.

For more information on this projects and others in the Southern Georgia region, check out: http://www.gatia.com/.