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Lots of people came out to watch the local military unit use the removal of this bailey bridge as an engineering exercise & they have sent the metal bridge parts to their depot to use for further instruction & training.
The bridge ready to be de-constructed
The Start of the end
Hardly a trace left
A new, 2 lane bridge will be built later this year. A memorial plate is planned to be installed on the original stone abutments.
Great capture! How much inconvenience will there be until the new bridge is constructed?
ReplyDeleteProbably about 6-9 months but the increase in traffic is the reason the old bailey bridge was failing. This country road has become a bypass route of the busy, paved, lights & monitored road. The commuters are not happy but the residences along side this little road are quite happy.
DeleteHow great to have pictures of it how it was before they rebuild it.
ReplyDeleteI will drive by to check on progress - maybe I'll have comparison photos to show.
DeleteGreat that you managed to capture photos of the process, and good to have it down before there was a serious problem with it.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad that a little bit of history was destroyed, I get why, but if only the new subdivision residents hadn't decided it was a quicker way to get to major highway.
DeleteWow - what a project - and great photos.
ReplyDeleteThat’s a really good before during and after
ReplyDeleteOh, wow - great idea to capture the demolition.
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