Freys Drive kicks off bridge repair in county’s penny program

Projects proactive in anticipation of future growth

Frequent travelers of Freys Drive near Reidville in Spartanburg County will have to go a different way until next spring. In October, construction crews began the earthwork portion of a new $3 million project to replace the 44-year-old bridge across Jimmie’s Creek on the Reidville road. Once finished, the new 100-foot-span bridge is not only expected to make for safer travel for all vehicles, but to serve as a proactive infrastructure model for more future growth. “This will be a concrete box-beam bridge – which will replace the existing wood pile bridge and eliminate the existing curve – and I’m expecting completion to be mid-March to early April, 2027,” said Spartanburg County transportation engineer John Wade. “And since there is a steep hill in that area, the new work will also make the grade of the bridge a little less steep.”