by Bea Peterson
A picture taken on Wednesday evening, July 29, of the work at the Route 7 bridge over the Hoosic River showed the flow of water safely behind the cement barriers. “By Thursday night those barriers were completely submerged,” said NYS DOT Engineer-In-Charge David Brown. The River reached far up the banks on either side. Fortunately, he said, they had moved all of the equipment
up out of the way. Even so, some pieces had to be pulled from water and mud. The River did carry a couple of crane mats away. The flooding set the crew back a couple of days, Brown said. “We made the time up by working over one weekend.” He said it depends on the weather as to what will be completed by December. He is hopeful that before winter the beams will be on. Drilling the piers will be going on for the next six to seven weeks.