Photo gallery: Riverside Bridge grand opening
Some of the people who live just north of the Finley River were the first Christian County residents to drive across the new Riverside Bridge.
The bridge opened on Nov. 7, and was the subject of a grand opening event on Nov. 9 that featured appearances by local, state and federal elected officials, including U.S. Rep. Billy Long, R-Missouri.
MARKER UNVEILED — From left, Spencer Jones of Great River Engineering and Scott Bilyeu, John Elkins and Ed Addington of the Ozark Special Road District pull back the canvas to unveil a marker that celebrates the history of the Riverside Bridge.Â
A COMMEMORATIVE MARKER sits in a community park space on the south bank of the Finley River off of Riverside Road.
OZARK SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT COMMISSIONER SCOTT BILYEU (left) and former Ozark Special Road District Commissioner John Elkins finish unveiling a marker celebrating the Riverside Bridge at an unveiling Nov. 9, 2020.
CELEBRATING RIVERSIDE — From left, Christian County Presiding Commissioner Ralph Phillips, former Ozark Special Road District commissioners John Elkins and Ed Addington, Ozark Special Road District Commissioner Scott Bilyeu, U.S. Congressman Billy Long (R-Missouri), and Ozark City Administrator Steve Childers.
MIRANDA BEADLES, Christian County Highway Administrator and the project manager of the new Riverside Bridge project, directs State Rep. Lynn Morris out of the parking lot of the Riverside Inn Park in Ozark.
THE NEW RIVERSIDE BRIDGE opened to traffic Nov. 8, 2020.
SPENCER JONES of Great River Engineering.
THE NEW RIVERSIDE BRIDGE opened to traffic Nov. 8, 2020.
SCOTT BILYEU, commissioner of the Ozark Special Road District.
THE NEW RIVERSIDE BRIDGE opened to traffic Nov. 8, 2020.
OZARK CITY ADMINISTRATOR STEVE CHILDERS.
THE NEW RIVERSIDE BRIDGE opened to traffic Nov. 8, 2020.
U.S. REP. BILLY LONG, R-Missouri, speaks at the grand opening of the Riverside Bridge in Ozark Nov. 9, 2020.
THE NEW RIVERSIDE BRIDGE opened to traffic Nov. 8, 2020.
JOHN ELKINS, former commissioner of the Ozark Special Road District.
THE NEW RIVERSIDE BRIDGE opened to traffic Nov. 8, 2020.
ED ADDINGTON, former commissioner of the Ozark Special Road District.
THE NEW RIVERSIDE BRIDGE opened to traffic Nov. 8, 2020.
CHRISTIAN COUNTY PRESIDING COMMISSIONER RALPH PHILLIPS.
THE NEW RIVERSIDE BRIDGE opened to traffic Nov. 8, 2020.
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