June 29, 2017
We had a family outing to the Fundy Trail Parkway today and while the visiting relations explored the caves at St.Martins after lunch, I went back and got some pictures of the bridge. There was a work crew on site, but the bridge was completely open to traffic. We didn't know what to expect after the recent news reports of this being the latest bridge in the province to fail inspection (see CBC news link below). There was a pile of steel beams beside the bridge, that I presume has been brought in to use for repairs. I will follow the story and add information here as it unfolds.
Of the most interest to me, this was the first time I'd been in St.Martins at low tide, so I scrambled down into the mud to get a few profile photographs of the bridge from the harbor floor. All eyes of the work crew were on me, as they must have wondered if I was someone official, or perhaps from the media.
By the time we returned from our trip along the Parkway, the tide was high and the road crew had clocked off, and the light was brighter too, so I took a few more pictures.
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CBC news story, June 27, 2017: Much-photographed St. Martins covered bridge fails inspection
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Good news! Back to full working order - CBC news story July 12, 2017: Reinforced St. Martins covered bridge able to carry full buses again
My first visit to St. Martins in the off season.
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Pictures from my first visit, around 2010, long before the blog was conceived.
