The groundbreaking ceremony was help on Jan. 12, 2006. It was a beautiful day with blue sky and temps. in the 50s. The first photo shows the Construction Committee holding up a model of a covered bridge. It was decided to do this instead of shovels. There are more people on the team than could…

In these two photos you can see some damage of the abutments. The first photo on the left shows some broken stone on the south abutment. Possibly from freezing water breaking it out. The second photo is a close up of the north pier. You can see the burnt stone and if you look closely…

Some folks out there might not know what the “Abutments and Center Pier” are. They are basically the foundation of the covered bridge. The abutments are under the ends of the bridge and the center pier holds up the middle. Why does the middle have to be help up? Because in 1868 (when our covered…

Below this blog are 3 blogs about the abutments and center pier. I have 5 photos I wanted to share with you but I couldn’t get them all into one blog. So, I made 3 blogs and split up the photos. Still, some how it all got messed up. They are a little out of…

The north abutment is the most worry. It is still submerged in the Mill Pond water. The other 2 (South abutment and center pier) are surrounded by silt that has built up in the pond. Also, the north side of the creek has the heaviest flow of water and that is where most of the…

Announcements were sent out to 4 local newspapers to ask for donations of trees for the project. Plus, several TV stations ran info about it on their news programs. I’ve been told hundreds of folks have called in wanting to donate trees. We feel confident that we will have all the trees we need. A…

Rebuild the Bridge The meeting for rebuilding the bridge was held 12/14/05. (Last weeks meeting was cancelled because of snow.) Apex Masonry put in a bid of $22, 720. for rebuilding the two abutments and the center pier. They are going to dismantle the stacks of stone down to grade, repair and / or replace…

3rd Attempt to put a photo on the BLOG. If there is a photo here it is of MMS AE with the drawing of the new covered bridge.

The architect brought a contractor to examine the abutments. He is going to get us a bid for removing some of the sandstone blocks, examining the abutments, repairing or replacing some of the blocks and re-stacking the blocks. These are large blocks so it will probably take a crane to move them. We should get…

There is a meeting scheduled next week to examine the abutments and the center pier of the old bridge. The north end abutment is the main concern. There is evidence of repairs and water has seeped behind the wing wall in the past. This is also where most of the water flows so it will…