Maple Street Bridge Repairs Underway

 

Fairfax, January 23, 2002 - Kayoed when a local truck driver drove into it, the bridge is undergoing major surgery. Most of the roof and siding have been removed to gain access to the damaged frame. The fifty-seven-foot span was built in 1865 using the Town-lattice Truss.

Said Jan Lewendoski, who contracted to do the work, "The tie beams are the bottom chords of kingpost trusses that support the roof. When the truck took out the tie beams it also destroyed the kingposts, some of the mortised ridgepole, and some rafters.. Also, when destroying the tie beams it destroyed several chord and lattice sections adjacent to the ties. To even replace one tie beam authentically it is necessary to remove the roof over it. Chord and lattice replacement requires the siding to be removed."