"You Must Raise the Bridge!" by Gwyn Tyger
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While I was the Chief Inspector for the NYSDOT on the removal of existing lead paint and re-coating of the over 100-year old historic Waterford, New York bridge across the Hudson, a Canadian bound boater demanded that the contractor raise the lower containment decking so he could continue to Canada. To his dismay, he was turned back because it is no easy task to raise the lower containment deck.
Comments (3)
Richardphotos
I partially removed lots of lead paint back when I was working. always recovered it to dispose of. I can imagine the chore to prevent it reaching the river
Gwyn Tyger
Its a dirty job, but someone got to remove the paint. Did you know that the contractor charged over 4.5 million dollars to give the Ol Bridge a face lift.
Mondwin
Fantastic shot my friend!!!Bravissimo!V:DDd.Hugsxx Whylma
weesel
"Naw. You lower your boat!"
Excellent example of lack of planning.
Gwyn Tyger
As a followup to the story. The Canadian boater apparently had some clout with the Canal Authority reneged on its 15-ft clearance and ordered the contractor to raise the deck back to 20-ft clearance for half of the span, switching when blasting and painting is required.