1. PAST & PRESENT: VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE PRESENTED BY: DAVID MAIERS & MATT DOHERTY
CUMMINGS FERRY-CIRCA 1879
VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE – CIRCA 1986
NEARING THE END OF CONSTRUCTION

2. IRON MAIN STREET BRIDGE
THIS BRIDGE FOLLOWED THE CUMMINGS FERRY, IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1897
IT WAS MADE OF IRON, AND WAS 810 FEET LONG
IT FEATURED A SECTION THAT WOULD TURN OUT OF THE WAY TO ALLOW STEAMBOAT TRAVEL
A PICTURE OF THE IRON MAIN STREET BRIDGE

3. THE MAIN STREET BRIDGE
THE IRON MAIN STREET BRIDGE WAS TO BE REPLACED BY A NEW CONCRETE AND STEEL STRUCTURE, WIDELL CONSTRUCTION BEGAN THE PROJECT IN 1915
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN STREET BRIDGE, CIRCA THE IRON BRIDGE CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE PICTURE.

4. THE MAIN STREET BRIDGE
THE COST ESTIMATE WAS $95,140, THE TOTAL COST WAS ACTUALLY OVER $106,000
THE BRIDGE WAS DEDICATED IN OCTOBER OF 1917, AND LASTED 69 YEARS
THIS BRIDGE WAS CLOSED DOWN IN APRIL OF 1986 TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW BRIDGE

5. VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE
THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS BEGAN CONSTRUCTION IN MAY OF 1986
TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW BRIDGE, DEMOLITION BEGAN ON THE MAIN STREET BRIDGE IN JUNE OF 1986

6. VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE
CONSTRUCTION WENT ON THROUGH THE SUMMER OF 1986, AND INTO THE FALL.
THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE BRIDGE WAS $24.9 MILLION

7. VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE
THE BRIDGE OPENED ON THE WEEKEND OF OCTOBER 9, 1986 AN OPENING FESTIVAL WAS HELD
THE BRIDGE WAS DEDICATED TO THE VETERANS OF THE AREA, NOVEMBER 11, 1986

8. PAST & PRESENT: VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE PRESENTED BY: DAVID MAIERS & MATT DOHERTY
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