Cost-Conscious Where It Counts, Higher Where It Matters
The Spring Prairie Road crossing over Honey Creek was deteriorating structurally - and sat low enough that major storms threatened it hydraulically. Delivered under a three-party contract with the Town of Burlington and WisDOT, Lynch's replacement design solved both: a two-span concrete slab bridge with center pier, balancing performance and cost, with the profile raised to provide adequate freeboard during major storm events.
Lynch managed design, construction staging, traffic control, and public involvement while coordinating the Town of Burlington, WisDNR, WisDOT, utilities, and the Bureau of Structures through final PS&E - keeping a complicated approval chain on schedule.
Completed in fall 2025, the new crossing shows the design thinking plainly: a wider concrete deck riding on a raised profile with the freeboard the old structure lacked, fresh asphalt approaches tied in at both ends, and heavy riprap armoring the banks at each abutment. The photos on this page were taken shortly after the bridge reopened to traffic.
What We Delivered
Raised the proposed bridge to provide freeboard through major storm events.
Concrete slab structure with center pier balancing performance and cost.
Town, WisDNR, WisDOT, utilities, and the Bureau of Structures aligned.
Design, staging, traffic control, public involvement, and final PS&E.