Wednesday, March 25, 2015

A View of the Albion River Cove and 'Aging' Bridge Set to Soothing Music




Aging Bridge in California Needs All the Support It Can Get.  (The New York Times, 3/20/2015)

On its last 'legs'.
In this ruggedly beautiful town overlooking the Pacific Ocean, residents want to save the Albion River Bridge because they say it defines them. But state officials say the bridge — the last wooden bridge on California’s coastal highway — is too narrow, is too expensive to maintain and would be too vulnerable in a major earthquake. They want to replace it with an arched concrete structure, but a vocal group of residents objects.

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