A “road closed” / detour sign was in place for three months as the Eichlerville bridge was worked on in 2015.
Since I’ve been writing here on the Huletts Current, I’ve gotten in the habit of recapping at the end of the year what I consider to be the top news story of Huletts Landing from the past year. This is sometimes obvious, sometimes it is not.
This year, the biggest “story,” in my opinion, was the rebuilding of the “Eichlerville” bridge which took a number of months, and the repaving of County Route 6. In other words, the bridge and roads took center stage in 2015. I realized I took the most pictures of those events during 2015, many of which I post here. While many things happened in Huletts during 2015, the work on the bridge and roads was indeed significant.
So for 2015, I’ve selected the the rebuilding of the “Eichlerville” bridge, and the repaving of County Route 6 (which were actually two different events but tremendously significant to travel throughout the community) as the: Top News Story of Huletts for 2015.
The abutments from the “old” bridge were in rough shape after over 100 years of use.
The new abutments were brought in individually and joined on site.
Great care was taken to protect the environment as the new bridge was constructed.
Work progressed slowly but methodically.
The cross pieces were brought in near the end.
Finally, the bridge had to be joined to the existing private road.
The “new” Eichlerville bridge as it looked upon completion.
Also in 2015, Washington County repaved County Route 6 right past the Huletts Post Office.
This work was significant and also much needed.
New Bridge and Roads: Top News Story of Huletts for 2015