Home Rd Bridge Re-dedication Ceremony
You know it's an important bridge when there's a party
to celebrate it's opening.
People milling about before the ceremony. Note the
impromptu platform/stage on the left and the fire engines on the
horizon to block any wayward drivers from (literally) crashing
the party.
The man of the day, and emcee for the event. Chris
Bauserman, P.E., head of the Delaware County Engineer's Office
State Rep (and former DelCo Auditor) Jon Peterson speaking.
I couldn't tell you who half of those people on stage with him
are.
Cutting a ribbon to open the bridge, from left to right:
Unknown, James Ward(?) DelCo Commish, Kris Jordan DelCo Commish,
Don Wuertz (former) DelCo Commish, Chris Bauserman, Deborah Martin
DelCo Commish, Fred Stultz (Long time DelCo Engineer. Retired
and was replaced by Chris), some kid's head, and Jon Peterson
Once the bridge was opened, the (ceremonial) first
people to cross the new Home Rd Bridge were the Concord Twp. fire
department...
...and the Delaware County Sheriffs
Other Notes from the program of that day...
The first bridge constructed here was a covered bridge
from sometime in the late 1800's that got washed out by the Flood
of 1913.
There were several make shift bridges
constructed from 1913 till 1924 when OShaughnessy Reservoir was
constructed and a 5-span steel truss bridge was constructed. That
bridge stood till April, 2002 (when it was removed and the current
structure was built).
With the new structure, it
is a 7 span continuous haunched steel girder superstructure with
a monolithic concrete deck. A 10' wide walkway/bikeway was constructed
along the southern edge of the bridge with observation balconies
located at each bridge pier (though ironicly, it was stated at
the ceremony that the sheriffs were going to be shooing away people
from staying on the bridge)
Thinking ahead, the
bridge already has space set aside for EB traffic to have two
lanes of traffic (for a turn lane at the Home Rd/Oh 257 intersection),
and more piers were set along the northside of the bridge for
future expansion, if necessary.
Page created on December 20, 2003
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