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Ross staff propose replacing three pedestrian bridges at Natalie Coffin Green Park

Town of Ross Advisory Design Review · October 16, 2024
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Town staff presented plans to replace three failing pedestrian bridges at Natalie Coffin Green Park with prefabricated steel truss bridges set on the existing stone abutments, favoring weathered-steel structure with natural wood decking and rails; ADR asked staff to provide material samples before the council decision.

Rich Siminich, the Town of Ross public works director, asked the Advisory Design Review (ADR) group to recommend a design-review project to the town council to replace three failing pedestrian bridges at Natalie Coffin Green Park. “We’re gonna replace them, the proposed project with, 3 new prefabricated steel truss bridges,” Siminich said during the ADR meeting presentation.

The bridges, Siminich said, sit on historic rock abutments the town intends to retain; the proposal places prefabricated trusses on those existing foundations. Staff presented material…

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