Bridge

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…

Great news. MMS AE has finished the blueprints and gave them to us yesterday evening Nov. 10 / 2005. When I say gave – I mean they did all the work and gave them to us for free. The drawings are beautiful. It is a very close replica of the original bridge. Now we can…

The Covered Bridge Festival is over and we now have a little over $130,000. in the bank for the new covered bridge. The blueprints have been done by MMS AE (For Free) and will be given to us on Nov. 10th in a small ceremony. This should be the start of deciding who will do…

On April 28, 2005 an arsonist burned the Bridgeton Covered Bridge. They have a man in jail. We are awaiting the trial. The first call for the fire came in at 12:42 am. A local farmer’s wife saw a glow in the sky and called the sheriff. The volunteer firefighters fought the blaze hard but…