Buskirk and Salisbury Center Bridges Repairs underway.

 

April 18, 2004 - Joe,

just to update you on what is going on here in New York, here are a few photo's from 2 bridges that are undergoing repair now.

We visited Salisbury Center on April 16th and found work underway. The floor is out of the bridge and work is being done on the abutments. Nice pictures can now be taken of the multi-king post truss. Notice that there is a single arch on the inside of the truss, and it does not go down into the abutment. The end of one of the arches is real bad.

Buskirk Covered Bridge was visited on April 16th and we found all the siding removed and the roof also removed. Abutment work is well on its way on the Washington County side. This is a good time to see former repair work on both ends with boiler plate and how it did not work. This old patch up work will all be gone soon.

Dick Wilson