Why Replace Inferior Mood's Covered Bridge?

 

East Rockhill, Pa., December 20, 2006 - To the [News-Herald] editor:

I write this letter as one who used the Blooming Glen Bridge several times a day, for both personal and work purposes. East Rockhill has to get their collective heads out of the sand.

Think about what you are doing. Reconstructing Mood's as a covered bridge does not return it to its original form. The covered bridge is gone, you can't bring it back. The new bridge will be just that. New. New materials, New look.

Everyone recognizes the current dangerous conditions at this bridge, but designating a one-way access is not the way to correct the problem. You must improve traffic flow over the bridge! You do that by building a new two-lane bridge. By doing so you would not need to raise the road or lower the bridge to improve sight lines from each side of the bridge. You would not need to add lights to control flow over the bridge.

And, if you make the bridge one directional, where does that opposing traffic go? It goes to Callowhill Road or Schwenkmill Road. How will the residents of those roads feel about the increased traffic?

Do the right thing, rethink what you are doing. Rebuild, but rebuild a new modern structure that can handle traffic today and in the future. If you want a covered bridge in the area build it over the downstream walking bridge.

Sellersville resident