Join us for a ribbon cutting for the Main Road Bridge in the Upper Canyon on Wednesday, June 13th at 3:00 PM. Village officials will be on-hand to celebrate a successful project that was completed on-time and under budget.

The Main Road Bridge in the Upper Canyon has officially re-opened! Crews finished the project yesterday afternoon and traffic is now flowing across the bridge.

Friday, May 4, 2018: The survey data download is complete, and is being implemented into equipment. Crews are setting survey markers for final grading.

Friday, April 27, 2018: Roper Construction began cleaning up the site and started backfilling the Gabion Baskets with top soil. Kimo Construction finished the construction of Gabion Baskets and is preparing to de-mobilize.

Friday, April 20, 2018: Roper Construction continued to level out the bottom of the river on the east side of the river and has backfilled the sewer line. Kimo Construction completed the third row of baskets on the southwest side (upstream) and has started on the Gabion Basket install on the southwest side closest to the bridge (downstream). 

Friday, April 13, 2018: Roper Construction excavated part of the footings on the southwest side of the river and prepared it for Gabion Basket installation. Kimo Construction completed work on the southeast side of the river and began installation of the Gabion Baskets on the southwest side of the project. 

Friday, April 6, 2018: Roper Construction completed the footings and bedding on the southeast side of the river, and Kimo Construction began placement of the baskets on the southeast side of the river.

Friday, March 30, 2018:  GOOD FRIDAY.

Monday, April 2, 2018:  Roper Construction brought in a second excavator with a Teledyne to break up large boulders that have been encountered on the southeast footings for the Gabion baskets.  Kimo Construction continued to work on the construction of the northwest Gabion Baskets.

Friday, March 23, 2018: Roper Construction assisted Zia Engineering in  shooting the Gabion grade and confirmed elevations on the northwest bank of the river. Kimo Construction continues to work on Gabion Baskets on the northeast river bank.

Friday, March 16, 2018:  Roper Construction grouted bridge footings, and began removing overburden from under and around the bridge

Friday, March 9, 2018: We received word from Terracon Testing labs that the 3-day concrete test passed, and we also received confirmation from Zia Engineering which allows crews to get back to work.

Friday, March 2, 2018: The contractor continued to keep footings pumped out, and construction of the forms has begun. Crew members are beginning the building of rebar baskets.

Friday, February 23, 2018: There was still extremely heavy river flow with the river running at 22.2 CFS (9,964 GPM).

Monday, February 26, 2018: The river flow was finally down to 9.36 CFS (4,575 GPM), and Roper Construction was able to begin cleanup at the site and reinstalled the HDPE bypass pipe.

Friday, February 16, 2018: Heavy rains event prevented work as the river running at 80 CFS in the morning (35,907 GPM), and by the afternoon it was up to 200 CFS (89,767 GPM).

Friday, February 9, 2018: Roper Construction continued to haul off overburden to the Grindstone site to run through the grizzly and separate rock. The contractor is bringing a small excavator with Teledyne to complete rock removal at the north headwall, and George Esqueda from Zia Engineering was on-site doing inspections.

Friday, February 2, 2018: It was determined that a gas line was in the way of the footings for headwalls, and Zia Natural Gas Company was contacted.  They made the decision that the line could be relocated, and in an effort to expedite the process, Roper Construction would do the digging, and then Zia Gas would move the gas line on Tuesday 2-6-18.

Crews completed the removal of both head walls and continued hauling off waste material as efforts continued to break-up larger pieces of concrete around the structure.

Roper Construction began work on the Main Road Bridge on Monday, January 22, 2018, with the actual road closure occurring at 8:00 AM. The detour route  began evolving with citizen and business owner input as the Village met with the NMDOT to take suggestions for the detour route.

Construction on the Main Road Bridge in the Upper Canyon is set to begin on Monday, January 22. Crews from Roper Construction will be working Monday - Friday from 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM for approximately 120 days to complete the project. These times can vary due to inclement weather and longer days.

The Main Road Bridge Project is set to kick-off in January 2018. There will be a lot of information coming out over the next few weeks about construction schedules, detour routes, and how to navigate the Upper Canyon during the project. Keep checking this page for updates.