1993 MILTON BRIDGE
REPLACED
Officials have condemned
the Milton library because of structural cracks caused by the
old 'Red Bridge' replacement across the Broadkill River on Union Street. A
riverside building
with a barber shop and
video store was also commended last week due to cracks in riverside walls.
The library is to stay
closed until the bridge 'fix' is completed said the mayor Jack
Hudson.
There is also concern for
Milton Sausage & Scrapple which is also right on the river who
say they have cracks in
walls too.
Pile driving is to continue
another two weeks and that will evidently be of some consideration
for the damages.
Library workers will be
able to work in the rear section which is on solid ground and not on
the river banks. There
have been no injuries, no books have fallen of the shelves but the
library
does not want to take any
chances.
Mayor Hudson also said the
town has had an economic let down due to the construction as
beach bound route 5 traffic
detours around the project which was to have been finished by the
past
Memorial Day weekend.
The engineers have put
blame on underwater iron debris from other old bridges at the site
that
hindered the pile driving
for the replacement bridge.
Source: Wilmington New
Journal, Thursday, May 20, 1993. Abstract March 20, 2018
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