Beginning April 1st
and continuing until November 30th, the Town Bridge Road Bridge will
be closed for rehabilitation. During the month of April, the contractor
for the Rehabilitation Project, ROTHA Contracting Company Inc., will begin
making preparations for the removal of the bridge
so it can be disassembled and sent off-site for rehabilitation before returning
for reassembly and bridge placement. Preparations include installing a
debris shield on the underside of the bridge, while it is still spanning the
river, followed by the removal of the bridge deck and miscellaneous other
work. It is anticipated that the actual removal of the bridge will take
place sometime during the month of May. Fishing underneath the bridge
will be prohibited at all times when bridge work is taking place above.
Periodically it may be necessary to restrict the passage of water vessels
[canoes, kayaks, tubes, etc.] beneath sections of the bridge and prohibit their
passage altogether on the day the bridge is physically removed. This
notice will be updated as new information becomes available.