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By DAPHNE HITCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff W riter
“To set the record straight again, I did not close the bridge,” announced supervisor chairman E. P. Luke in opening last Thursday’s special meeting on the fate of the Sperryville bridge. “Here’s the man who closed the bridge—resident engineer Don Askew.”
Approximately 100 people turned out for the informal meeting called by Col. Luke to determine if area residents wanted the bridge on Route 1001 permanently closed or rebuilt to the legal road limit of 20 tons and opened to traffic that will include heavy trucks. Formerly, the bridge was restricted to an eight ton weight limit.
The overwhelming consensus in the fire hall on Thursday was to keep the bridge open.
Luke ticked off several arguments in support of retaining the bridge: the access is needed to get people in and out in case of emergency or if anything should block the road at the Exxon station, businesses may suffer without the road traffic, closing will increase the time necessary to get to the post office and to get the rescue squad in action for emergency calls.
If the bridge is closed, it will reduce traffic through
92.3%