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Greenbanks Hollow Bridge to be Fully Functional
[WGN 45-03-01]

November 15, 2002 - You can see in these photos where the deck beams are resting on the bottom cord, and the arrangement of the decking. They put the side boards on straight so you can't see the camber of the bottom cord, note no piers. - Mert Leonard

[Unlike many rehabilitated covered bridges, the Greenbanks Hollow Bridge is being restored as a fully functioning bridge in which the new floor is not self supporting, but is supported by the trusses as the original builders intended. And good riddance to the ugly old "temporary" piers- Ed.]

Greenbanks Hollow Bridge. Photo by Mert Leonard, Nov. 15, 2002. Greenbanks Hollow Bridge. Photo by Mert Leonard, Nov. 15, 2002.
Photo by Mert Leonard, Nov. 15, 2002.
Photo by Mert Leonard, Nov. 15, 2002.
Greenbanks Hollow Bridge. Photo by Mert Leonard, Nov. 15, 2002. Greenbanks Hollow Bridge. Photo by Mert Leonard, Nov. 15, 2002.
Photo by Mert Leonard, Nov. 15, 2002.
Photo by Mert Leonard, Nov. 15, 2002.

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This file posted November 17, 2002