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Thursday, May 7, 1987.
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Skinners Falls bridge closed

SKINNERS FALLS -- The April 27th closing of the Skinners Falls Bridge, reported in our last issue, will run about four to six weeks according to engineers of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).

The remaining work is to sandblast-away old paint, and then to repaint the bridge "from the deck up," says Foster Sankey, District Bridge Engineer in PennDOT'S Dunmore office. "All of the structural work was completed last year, and the floor beams and the bottoms of the trusses were also painted."

The painting contractor once again is the Postupak 'Painting Company, which had a problem containing sand-blast grit last summer. "lt's an environmentally sensitive job, and the regulations are a lot stricter than when the contract was let," reports Assistant Regional Engineer Robert Doble. "The big problem is collecting the sand-blast grit, which has lead in it, and keeping it out of the river."

This makes the work weather sensitive, since a contractor can't sandblast on windy days. Because windy and/or rainy weather slows the work, neither Sankey nor Doble would give a firm date for reopening the bridge. But both agreed four to six weeks was a fair estimate for the remaining work.

Milanville residents expressed surprise that the bridge was closed suddenly and seemingly without notice to the community. "It came up at the township meeting last night [5/4]," said township secretary Charles Rutledge, "but no one knew about it."

Rutledge did recall that PennDOT phoned the township to request phone numbers for the Damascus Ambulance Corps and the Equinunk Fire Department, but that they didn't explain why they were calling.