Save Our Bridge

See this bridge? As of Feb 19, it has been closed to all traffic. Its the bridge that links Charleroi to Monessen, via 88 and 906 and is well traveled. The bridge is 103 years old, but not it has a deteriorating pin and they want to rip it down to build a new one.

Yes, we are lucky that one mile down the road is the I-70 bridge and several miles the opposite way is the Donora/Monessen bridge, but that's not the point. The bridge is historical and it should be preserved. Fix the damn thing and limit the weights on it. Until the mid 80s large trucks were never allowed on the bridge. It should have stayed that way!

People in the county seem to think we might not need a bridge there, well I say go fug yourself on that one. The Mon Valley is full of seniors and this bridge gives them the opportunity to avoid driving on the interstate to get to neighboring communities.

The Charleroi Monessen Bridge aka the C. Vance Deicas Memorial Bridge was traveled by 9000 cars a day, most of those cars are valley residents that aren't going to follow the detour to Donora, but rather use the 70 bridge nearby. PennDot, please don't think we're stupid. Granted residents closer to Carrol Twp will take the detour, but most of us are going for the interstate. More traffic on that bridge which is nearly 60 years old will cause its deterioration.

Oh and about that new bridge. Why should we trust something new. The bridges on the new tollroad aren't very good and they've only been around 5 years! So to our wonderful (note the sarcasam) politicians, consider that before you decide to tear down this bridge.