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State to restore historic Harpswell span
by Outspoken on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:21 pm
State to restore historic Harpswell span
Residents will be asked to OK spending $35,000 on preliminary work to install utility wires underground.
By DENNIS HOEY
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
The state plans to invest $11 million and take up to two years to restore the Cribstone Bridge in Harpswell, one of the most unusual bridges in the country. Work will begin next spring.
Before the renovation begins, town residents will be asked at the Nov. 6 municipal election to approve spending $35,000 on preliminary work needed to remove utility poles from the bridge and install underground wires.
State officials say burying wires would greatly enhance the appearance of the historic bridge, but will not affect work on the project, which will move forward with or without town support.
Three years have passed since the Maine Department of Transportation proposed overhauling the bridge.
"It's a big project. It's a very elaborate project, but this is the first major overhaul Cribstone Bridge has had since it was built," said Jim Wentworth, a Maine Department of Transportation engineer.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=139827&ac=PHnws
John Ewing/Staff Photographer
Residents will be asked to OK spending $35,000 on preliminary work to install utility wires underground.
By DENNIS HOEY
Staff Writer Portland Press Herald
The state plans to invest $11 million and take up to two years to restore the Cribstone Bridge in Harpswell, one of the most unusual bridges in the country. Work will begin next spring.
Before the renovation begins, town residents will be asked at the Nov. 6 municipal election to approve spending $35,000 on preliminary work needed to remove utility poles from the bridge and install underground wires.
State officials say burying wires would greatly enhance the appearance of the historic bridge, but will not affect work on the project, which will move forward with or without town support.
Three years have passed since the Maine Department of Transportation proposed overhauling the bridge.
"It's a big project. It's a very elaborate project, but this is the first major overhaul Cribstone Bridge has had since it was built," said Jim Wentworth, a Maine Department of Transportation engineer.
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=139827&ac=PHnws
John Ewing/Staff Photographer
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