PORTER COUNTY - Porter County will spend $15.5 million in grant funding to improve or reconstruct 17 bridges through 2025.
Officials told the "Post Tribune" on Tuesday that of the bridges being repaired, 11 are a part of the top 15 bridges in Porter County that need replacement.
Commissioner Jeff Good said securing the $15.5 million in grant funding to improve Porter County's bridges is historic.
The county is responsible for maintaining 132 bridges, and many of them are along major thoroughfares in Porter County's cities and towns.
