Pennesseewassee Stream bridge to be set next month

NORWAY — A footbridge to span Pennesseewassee Stream from Water Street to Main Street is expected to be on site in mid-August.

Town Manager David Holt said the prefabricated bridge is due to arrive Aug. 19 and will be placed on the foundation of a previous bridge.

“It weighs a lot,” Holt said. A crane will set it in place.

Officials have said the bridge will improve access to the Matolcsy Art Center and the Gingerbread House, both on Main Street. Holt said the bridge comes with certification that it is safe.

Residents agreed at the 2012 annual town meeting to spend $20,000 from the Community and Economic Development reserve for the bridge but Holt said it wasn’t enough money so the project was held up.

In March, two anonymous donors gave the town as much of $10,000 to complete the purchase and installation of the footbridge.

Under a proposed master plan in 2004, residents wanted a footbridge across the Pennesseewassee Stream to link the former Cummings dowel mill property to Main Street. That plan never came to fruition.

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: Pine Tree Engineering will oversee installation of this style of prefabricated bridge over Pennesseewassee Stream from Water Street to Main Street in Norway next month.