The Freemanville bridge is officially gone

An update on the project we mapped Thursday: the old Freemanville Road bridge over Cooper Sandy Creek has been fully demolished, and GDOT's contractor reports the replacement is on schedule — concrete beams go up later this summer, with the road reopening inside the planned five-month window, which works out to late October. Until then, the detours (including Landrum Road) stay put.

Meanwhile, the city posted its formal response to resident comments on the southern Birmingham Highway project — the push to improve pedestrian safety and untangle congestion along the stretch near Crabapple Crossing Elementary, Northwestern Middle, and Milton High. The takeaway: public input is in, design work comes next, and actual construction is still several years out. If you drive that school corridor twice a day, the response letter is worth a skim.