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Planning board weighs safety and scenic concerns for MassDOT-funded Stony Brook bridge rehabilitation
Summary
At a planning board meeting, members and an agency official discussed MassDOT-funded design and construction of a 150-year-old Stony Brook stone-arch bridge, highlighting safety shortfalls in existing granite barriers and a proposal to use timber guardrails as a design exception to preserve scenic character.
At a planning board meeting, members discussed a MassDOT-funded rehabilitation of the 150-year-old Stony Brook stone-arch bridge on Stony Brook Road and raised tension between safety upgrades and preserving the road’s historic, scenic character.
A committee member noted the structure’s age and town ownership and said MassDOT initiated and is funding both design and construction for the rehabilitation. The member also described planned structural repairs and said the project team will…
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