Re: for NWP
Author: Earl Pitts
Date: 10-18-2014 - 09:48
Inquiring Minds Wrote:
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> SCMBGM Wrote:
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> > No artists rendition but the new bridge is
> > constructed utilizing the same plans as the old
> > one. No visual changes other than a coat of
> green
> > paint on the new one.
> >
> >
> > Jeffrey Weeks
> > General Manager
> > SC&MBRy
> Question, why build the new bridge the same as the
> old one, when clearly the old one wasn’t well
> suited to the environment? The old one rotted
> away until it was unsafe, what is to keep the new
> one from doing the same if it is built the same as
> the old one?
Built to the same plans, but certainly not using decades-
old materials and methods.