Public Advisory: Old Bridges Removed on Northern Peninsula

The Department of Transportation and Works advises that it has removed three old bridge structures from an old section of road between the former community of Big Brook and Eddies Cove on the Northern Peninsula. This section of road was by-passed more than 25 years ago and is no longer maintained by the department.

The department's engineers had determined the bridges were unsafe and had to be removed in the interest of public safety. In an advisory issued December 3, 2008, the department announced it was closing the Big Brook Bridge for safety reasons and that it would be removing the bridge in the future. Big Brook Bridge is one of the bridges that have been removed.

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Media contact:

Roger Scaplen
Director of Communications
Department of Transportation and Works
709-729-3015, 697-5267
rogerscaplen@gov.nl.ca