An example of what the new bridge will look like.
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One of the many completed renovation jobs.
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The aftermath of a prior flooding event.
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DALTON — For the past two years, the two bridges over Kennedy Creek have experienced tribulations caused by flooding. They will be replaced by a new bridge, which will be relocated out of the flood plain.
The Lackawanna State Park Trail Care Crew, a volunteer partner of the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization, is working with engineering firm Design BLD of Exeter to construct a 50-foot-long fiberglass single-span truss bridge. It will be built about 200 feet downstream, up high, and away from the volatile water.
After several studies, the two organizations received an R3 approval from DCNR (Department of Conservation and Natural Resources). Design BLD is currently surveying the location and permitting with the Department of Environmental Protection. Once the permits are obtained, the Lackawanna State Park Trail Care Crew and Design BLD will design and build the abutments.
The cost of this project is $90,000. As of now, private donors and the Eureka Foundation have been raising funds. Lackawanna State Park, which supports the project, is involved on an advisory basis.
“Our mission is to maintain, build, and improve the trails within Lackawanna State Park and Countryside Conservancy Lands, said Joe Tierney, of Lackawanna State Park Trail Care Crew.
