Waterville Bridge Set to get $1M Overhaul This Summer

WATERVILLE, Maine - A Maine bridge is set to get a $1 million overhaul this summer.
 
The Morning Sentinel reports that work on the Thayer Memorial Bridge over Messalonskee Stream in Waterville is scheduled to begin in mid-June and be completed in the fall.
 
Waterville Public Works Director Mark Turner says the work will include taking the bridge down to its lower support beams under the bridge. He says workers are taking the entire deck off and redoing some of the beams underneath.
 
Turner says he doesn't know the exact age of the bridge. It has been in place for more than 100 years.
 
The bridge will be closed to traffic during construction.
 
The state Department of Transportation is heading the project and has scheduled a public meeting on March 30.