 Appalachian Wireless has some of the best data rates in wireless on our plans, and not to mention an amazing deal on one of our hottest smartphones, but that's all the time I have to explain. See store for details, better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless. At Hilton, the temporary crossing over Elkhorn Creek that was washed out Sunday has been reinstalled. Crews with the Pike County Road Department repaired the crossing Tuesday, and on Wednesday begin removing damaged portions of the permanent steel and concrete bridge that was damaged in a washout in January. That January washout made the temporary crossing necessary. Pike County Road Commissioner Jackie Darrell-Smith said the county is still waiting for funding from the state to permanently repair the bridge, but he anticipates the replacement will begin very soon. For the finished product I'm not starting according to the weather again, but as soon as this water goes down I would say one day this week that the state will say they got the signed contract back from us and they will say go and we're starting the project. Should start on the bridge probably this week or next week in a weather permitting. As it did in January, Sundays washout isolated residents living along the former Old Hilton Church Road, leaving them with no way across Elkhorn Creek to the adjacent Kentucky 197 Elkhorn Creek Road. The residents wondered when Pike County would permanently fix the problems with crossing Elkhorn Creek. It feels like we've been left alone, like we've forgotten country, because we're not on the right side of the mountain. Smith said the state is providing 80% of the funding for repairing the permanent bridge, leaving the county with only 20% of the cost. He said with the state's help the county has to wait for approval before the bridge can be permanently repaired. The bypass is being put back in. You know we got to deal with mother nature, we don't control nature, we got to deal with it. And you got to deal with the rules of state government and getting the money. So we've got the bridges going to be done, started on shortly, but the bypass is finished. Now connected again with the outside world, the affected residents in Hilton are hoping a permanent fix is just around the bend. In Hilton, Chris Anderson, EKB News.