Sun April 04, 2021 - Northeast Edition
Eagle Times
An artist's rendering of a potential steel truss bridge on Depot Street. Project managers said the color could be chosen by the town.
Obstacles to the Depot Street Bridge replacement project in Bellows Falls, Vt., have reinvigorated a community debate between replacing the bridge at its existing site or constructing an alternative, angled bridge that would shift the flow of traffic further north, an option which is favored by many economic-development proponents.
Officials from the nearby Town of Rockingham and the Village of Bellows Falls learned March 30 that the town's plan to replace the historic Depot Street Bridge with a similar concrete arch design will not be economically viable, due to engineering challenges and related impacts that would drive the cost well beyond what the state originally anticipated.