Henry Raymond
Fairfax Bloggers => Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day => Topic started by: MikeF9 on October 21, 2010, 09:38:08 PM
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Friday October 22, 2010
Photo Blog
COVERED BRIDGE DAMAGE?
Thursday was the first time I had seen this. I was walking through the bridge when I noticed pieces of wood on top of leaves that had blown in. Up above, it looked like something too wide had come through the bridge. Upon further inspection, I noticed a crack in one of the side beams, and what looks like some chipping on the other side. Someone has already inspected this, because after I looked at the downloaded pictures, there are yellow chalk marks near some of the incidents. Maybe people already knew about this, but like I said, this was the first I saw of it.
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I almost think its time Fairfax did like Westford with their covered bridge. Off-Set for historiic preservation but replace with new bridge. Its just a matter of time before our bridge will be damaged beyond repair with the amount of incidents that have occured over the past few years.
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I am not sure who "owns" the bridge, but there are pre Obama funds out there to keep the wooden bridge as a historical preservation facet.
We renovated a 1950s building a few years back and the owner got tax breaks and funding if we kept it look 1950's.
http://unitcompany.com/projects/08mckinleytowers.htm (http://unitcompany.com/projects/08mckinleytowers.htm)