Baker Brook River CB Replacement to Open Soon
WGN 55-07-04
Baker Brook, New Brunswick, Aug. 25 - A new $1.6 million bridge to replace the Baker Brook River covered bridge on Joseph Morneault Road, near Baker Brook will be opened to traffic by the end of October of this year, Transportation Minister Paul Robichaud announced today.
"The new structure will be wider than the current bridge while allowing for increased safety and capacity," Robichaud said. "It will also help the wood-trucking industry get their loads quicker to the local mills."
The existing covered bridge has been relocated downstream and will be kept as a tourist attraction. It made way for the new, single-pane, prestressed concrete beam bridge.
Media Contact: Alain Bryar, communications, Transportation, 506-453-5634.
Photo by Ron Joyce NB DOT
September 23, 2004
Baker Brook #2 (55-06-04) is being replaced with a concrete structure. The covered bridge was relocated downstream from it's original location on July 20, 2004. Because the river is wider in the new location a steel stringer-span was added to each end of the bridge so that we now have a three span bridge. Ron Joyce, NB DOT, Sept. 23, 2004
[This article submitted by Gerald Arbour. Additional information was passed on to us by Gerald Arbour 9/9/04, the photo 10/18/04. Thank you Gerald - Ed.]
