I can easily remember the big flood because it was the year I moved to Lincoln - 2010. Leslie
On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 10:41 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > I once came on Sherman’s Bridge on my bicycle several years ago as the > Wayland DPW was replacing some boards. I was told the bridge belongs to one > of the state departments, not either town, and the Wayland DPW gets paid to > do maintenance. Then I was told the provision for total re-planking is a > minimum of every 20 years. The last time it was totally re-planked was just > before the big flood. (What year was that?) The water in the Sudbury river > was over the guardrails of Sherman’s Bridge. There is a house next to the > river on the Wayland side, atop a knoll. The woman there told me she was > kayaking out of her garage. Every bridge over the Sudbury was closed. Once > the water finally receded the wood planks all warped. Not only is the > bridge bad, neither town wants to do road repair on either side of the > bridge, especially Wayland. (Sour grapes intended. Sudbury has patched some > bad holes.) For those of us on bicycles, the wood bridge does eliminate all > truck traffic on the road. > > Ken Hablow > > KH Graphics > Tel: 781-257-5268 + www.khgraphics.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Website Development + Internet Marketing + Graphic Design > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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