rickb
07-06-2005, 15:09
To my way of thinking, why bother....
<H2>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ATC Gives a Lift to Hikers Crossing Cascade Brook
$40,000 Grant to Appalachian Mountain Club Will Support Replacing Washed-Out Bridge with Innovative Fiberglass Design
LYME, N.H., June 25, 2005 — With the trail-work season kicking into high gear, the Appalachian Trail Conference is providing a grant of more than $40,500 to the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) for an innovative 50-foot hikers’ bridge across Cascade Brook in the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire.
That brings Appalachian Trail Conference contributions to the AMC trails program to almost $85,000 in 2005. The AMC and volunteers from 26 other organizations in 15 eastern states have been assigned maintenance responsibility for sections of the famous national scenic trail.
The Casacade Brook project is an excellent example of the partnerships involved in maintaining the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail, a 250,000-acre greenway extending from Maine to Georgia, said J.T. Horn, ATC regional director for New England.
Since the Cascade Brook bridge was damaged by ice and washed out in the 1980s, hikers have had a difficult time fording the stream during high-water conditions. The new bridge uses an innovative fiberglass structure manufactured by E.T. Techtronics of Pennsylvania. The materials are light but very strong and are designed to be broken down into individual pieces—each small enough for a single person to move. It was manufactured in Pennsylvania and then driven to the trailhead, where it was flown in by helicopter. AMC will construct abutments and assemble the structure using one of its professional trail crews. This is a new application of this technology on the A.T. and, based on the results, may become a model for other long-span bridges.
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<H2>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ATC Gives a Lift to Hikers Crossing Cascade Brook
$40,000 Grant to Appalachian Mountain Club Will Support Replacing Washed-Out Bridge with Innovative Fiberglass Design
LYME, N.H., June 25, 2005 — With the trail-work season kicking into high gear, the Appalachian Trail Conference is providing a grant of more than $40,500 to the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) for an innovative 50-foot hikers’ bridge across Cascade Brook in the White Mountain National Forest of New Hampshire.
That brings Appalachian Trail Conference contributions to the AMC trails program to almost $85,000 in 2005. The AMC and volunteers from 26 other organizations in 15 eastern states have been assigned maintenance responsibility for sections of the famous national scenic trail.
The Casacade Brook project is an excellent example of the partnerships involved in maintaining the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail, a 250,000-acre greenway extending from Maine to Georgia, said J.T. Horn, ATC regional director for New England.
Since the Cascade Brook bridge was damaged by ice and washed out in the 1980s, hikers have had a difficult time fording the stream during high-water conditions. The new bridge uses an innovative fiberglass structure manufactured by E.T. Techtronics of Pennsylvania. The materials are light but very strong and are designed to be broken down into individual pieces—each small enough for a single person to move. It was manufactured in Pennsylvania and then driven to the trailhead, where it was flown in by helicopter. AMC will construct abutments and assemble the structure using one of its professional trail crews. This is a new application of this technology on the A.T. and, based on the results, may become a model for other long-span bridges.
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