Beacon Falls officials weighing best way to move forward with repairs
A barrier blocks a section of Burton Road, shown Jan. 13, between Wolfe Avenue and North Main Street in Beacon Falls. The section of the road has been closed since Christmas Eve due to structural issues. âANDREAS YILMA
BEACON FALLS â Officials are deliberating the best route to take to repair and reopen a section of Burton Road.
âWeâre still in the searching stages to figure out the best steps to go forward,â said First Selectman Gerard Smith during the Board of Selectmenâs Jan. 11 meeting.
The town on Christmas Eve closed Burton Road to thru traffic from Wolfe Avenue to North Main Street due to structural issues. Residents of the Beacon Mill Village apartments still have access to a parking lot on the road.
By Andreas Yilma, Staff Writer
Naugatuck and Beacon Falls officials have approved an agreement for a joint project to repair the Beacon Valley Road Bridge, shown Dec. 2, which is on the border of the two municipalities. –ANDREAS YILMA
NAUGATUCK Naugatuck and Beacon Falls officials have reached an agreement on a joint project to repair the Beacon Valley Road Bridge.
The bridge straddles the border of the municipalities and connects Beacon Valley Road in Beacon Falls and Cotton Hollow Road in Naugatuck.
The stone bridge was built in 1933 and has corrugated metal arches with stone masonry headwalls. The arches are founded on masonry footings with concrete caps, which have heavily eroded, according to a memorandum from Milone and MacBroom, an engineering firm based in Cheshire. The steel angles anchoring the arches to the footings have been damaged, according to the memorandum.