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       What happened to The Oxbow Bridge?
   DIR By: Michael Caswell
       Date: March 12, 2022, 12:21 am
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       What is going on here?
       This pile of bridge components has been sitting around since the
       late summer.
       Here is what we know.
       The original bridge developed a sink hole because the culvert
       pipes rusted out. Read about it here:
  HTML https://theoxbowblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/sinkhole-appears-on-oxbow-culvert/
       They were duly replaced by plastic culvert pipes by the Canal
       Authority, but unfortunately they simply covered them over with
       tennis ball sized crushed rock, underestimating the force of
       water coming down the creek in a storm.
       The entire repair project was washed out in the first storm.
  HTML https://theoxbowblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/03/oxbow-culvert-repaired/
       A makeshift hand rail was added to help Trail Users get around
       the second washout.
  HTML https://theoxbowblog.wordpress.com/2018/12/20/the-culvert-gets-a-hand-rail/
       The ECNA, who adopted the Oxbow Park & Trail from the Canal
       Corporation's Adopt-A-Trail program, came up with a work-around
       for the bridge, diverting traffic up & around the culvert. It
       added some steps, and more railing to make the "detour" a bit
       easier to navigate.
  HTML https://theoxbowblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/the-work-around-the-missing-bridge/
       About a year later, we hear that the Fairport School district
       had elected to repair the bridge (at an estimated material cost
       excluding labor of at least $60,000), and they ordered all these
       blocks to prepare for a precast concrete bridge. They duly
       turned up and were unloaded, ready for the work to commence.
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       As you can see from this property boundary map, the bridge is
       quite clearly on State land, and not on school property.
       So, one has to ask, why is the school working on State Property,
       and word has it, without a CC permit? A stop work order from the
       Canal Corp put the job on hold.
       That seems to be the problem, but no word is forthcoming on if
       and when anything will be done about this.
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