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OLD IRON truss bridges are being torn down all over Virginia. In the Piedmont, the State Highway Department is attempting '-to replace the scenic old bridges with “rustic” featuring tinted concrete bridges.
Two such “rustic” bridges, that have a strange pink hue, have been built in the area—one in Rappahannock County at Laurel Mills, and the other between Rappahannock County and Fauquier County on the Flint Hill Road (Route 647).
Now the Highway Department plans to replace the iron truss bridge over the Rappahannock River
between Fauquier and Culpeper Counties on the Springs Road (Route 802). 'Die Highway Department is advertising its “willingness for a hearing,” which means if enough people write in complaining about the project, a public hearing will be held. All written comments have to be in by April 12.
Fauquier - Rappahannock Highway Department Resident Engineer Don Askew says that iron truss bridges are “unsafe.” Ever since an iron truss bridge between Ohio and West Virginia collapsed about ten vears aeo. killine over 100
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