CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Work to install two permanent replacement bridges on Route 27 is moving right along. The two bridges on both sides of the Access Road to Sugarloaf collapsed on Aug. 28, as Tropical Storm Irene swept through Maine and dropped a reported 8 inches of rain in a relatively short period of time on the mountain.
With the bridges out, Route 27, a major north-south connector, was closed until the two temporary bridges were installed and re-opened in record time just a week after the collapse on Sept. 6. The permanent bridges are scheduled to be completed the week before Thanksgiving.
The temporary and permanent bridge replacement work is being completed by Reed & Reed of Woolwich and the Maine Department of Transportation. The project’s cost total is expected to be between $2.5 million and $3.5 million, Maine DOT officials said earlier.
On Thursday, photographer Stephan Mitman was on hand to capture the progress towards rebuilding two permanent bridges.
Shouldn’t Licea be complaining about this?