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Poland Bridge Rehab Progress [WGN 45-08-02] March 11, 2004 - Work on the Poland Bridge nears completion as the upstream side of the roof receives its new steel standing seam roofing, leaving the downstream slope still to be done. The siding is all installed except for around the south portal. The oak running planks are prepared and laid out in the bridge ready for installation over the new floor.       With very nearly all of the dead-load on the trusses, the camber, according to Alpine foreman Jim Ligon, is holding at 14 and 1/8 inches. Work on the bridge itself should be largely completed by the middle of next week, he said.        Alpine Construction is under contract to construct the bridge approaches and pave the roadway in the immediate vicinity of the bridge ( the rest to be completed by the Town of Cambridge). Roof work is underway. The siding is complete except for near the south portal. Note the camber along the bottom edge of the siding. Photo by Joe Nelson, March 11, 2004 The rise of the restored camber can be seen in this interior view. In the foreground oak running planks are laid up in the bridge ready for installation. Photo by Joe Nelson, March 11, 2004

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This file posted March 12, 2004