DOT to look at crumbling bridge over Weskeag
South Thomaston — Representatives of the Maine Department of Transportation plan to inspect the bridge on Route 73 over the Weskeag River this week to determine the extent of needed repairs.
South Thomaston Code Officer Larry Terrio made a report on the bridge to members of the planning board June 21.
“They will come some time in the morning and let me know when they are here,” Terrio said of the DOT representatives.
The bridge is badly in need of new concrete, he said, adding that the bridge should be repaired with marine concrete that will withstand salt water.
“The concrete is going and the metal rebars are showing,” he said.
Terrio said he does not know when the bridge was built but estimates it was constructed in the mid-1950s.
"It's been repaired twice," he said.
The bridge is subject to tides flowing both ways, he said. “It never stops,” he said of the flow.
I'm excited to know the repair will finally be done on the keag bridge, it saddens me to see it in such dis-repair.
The bridge was built in 1934. Why is the Code Officer and Planning Board involved with meeting with the DOT regarding bridge and road repairs (replacement)? We do have a Road Commissioner. That is his area of expertice, not the CEO or Planning Board. Also, lets not overlook the sink hole that has been developing on the approach to the bridge and along with the bridge condition has been reported to the selectmen many times.
I find it hard to believe that this " bridge is one of two on the entire East Coast that is subject to tides flowing both ways".
that rebar has been showing for years...