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Wilsons Bridge
Posted September 8, 2008, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)
There are several Lafayette Bridge Co. spans remaining, and many do still have builder plates on them. Often the county road departments would take them down for fear of them falling....you know that dirty word LIABILITY. I have come across them stored in highway garages on some occasions. A good engineering firm that does a rehab the right way will have the plates recast or replicated from a similar span.
Wilsons Bridge
Posted September 8, 2008, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)
Thanks for the info Tom, it is a beautiful bridge very nicely restored.
Wilsons Bridge
Posted September 7, 2008, by Tom (thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com)
There was still an original builder’s plate on the bridge before restoration, but it was full of bullet holes.
I’m going to say that these are reproductions. Very nice ones at that, a detail that is usually overlooked.
Also, the bridge now has a wood floor rather than corrugated steel covered with asphalt as before.
Wilsons Bridge
Posted September 6, 2008, by Wayne Kizziar (wayne1701 [at] cableone [dot] net)
Beautiful restoration,right down to the retention of the original lattice rails over the top of the new ones. Does anyone know if those are the original builders plates ? I see they were missing in the earlier unrestored photo. If they are reproductions they are very good ones.
Wilsons Bridge
Posted July 20, 2008, by RL Bozell (jrbozell45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)
Sorry for all the misspelling on orignal post - was posting at 2:00am
Wilsons Bridge
Posted July 19, 2008, by RL Bozell (jrbozell45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)
Bridge looks completed, new approaches yet to finished and paved as of 07/19/08. Glad to see that it was restored and not replaced as orignally planned.
Wilsons Bridge
Posted October 21, 2006, by Anonymous
great bridge, i love it. thanks for finding it and sending in this photo
