March 28, 2024

Wheeler Street Bridge re-opens after 7 years, 2 months, and 21 days!

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The bridge washed out after the “500 year storm” back on April 1, 2010. The Town Selectmen considered abandoning the bridge and that section of the road permanently in 2013.

That’s when I put up the main part of the sign (picture attached) which said “Rebuild the Bridge!” and gave information on the Selectmen’s meeting time and day. Another neighbor also put up a sign on her property at the other end of the road for the same reason. We both live on Reed Street, or what became known as the “detour” street.

I feel that, along with my other neighbors on Reed Street, we have been most impacted as we had to endure all the detour traffic. Many, many other townspeople who regularly used that bridge were also impacted, as this is a fairly major road in Town.

Today, almost four years later, the Wheeler Street Bridge quietly re-opened.

So today I put that original sign back up, but this time with a rider above that said “BRIDGE OPEN!”, and added the dates of the closure below “2010-2017”. . . . FINALLY.

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