anchor Description
This project provides for the minor structural and non-structural repair and rehabilitation of park bridges by the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT). Park bridges are vehicular bridges owned by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) that serve a public transportation purpose. The park bridges were identified in a 2007 Memorandum of Understanding between M-NCPPC and the County, and further amended in 2025. As of the 2025 amendment, there are 15 park bridges maintained by the County.
anchor Justification
Maintenance, repair and rehabilitation of park bridges are based on scheduled bridge inspections performed by MCDOT. Unless the condition of a bridge dictates otherwise, bridge inspections occur once every two years for bridges greater than 20' in length, and once every four years for bridges less than 20' in length.
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Prior to 2007, this project was managed by M-NCPPC through its Resurfacing Park Roads and Bridge Improvements project. In 2007, the County and M-NCPPC entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to transfer maintenance responsibilities to the County of certain park roads and bridges. For FY07, the project was transferred to MCDOT to leverage the functional, technical, and contracting expertise within MCDOT to provide the most efficient and economical infrastructure support. In 2025, that MOU was amended wherein M-NCPPC resumed exclusive maintenance of the roads, and updated the inventory of bridges which were to be inspected and maintained by the County. Project funding was reallocated from a Highways project beginning in FY27.
anchorDisclosures
A pedestrian impact analysis will be performed during design or is in progress.
Expenditures will continue indefinitely.
anchorCoordination
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), Resurfacing Park Roads and Bridge Improvements (M-NCPPC) (No. 868700).