Montour Trail-Letter

by Dick Quasey

Vandals reportedly dislodged part of a walkway on the Southview Bridge late last year. This bridge crosses SR 4039 near the community of Southview in Cecil Township. The result was a threat of a hazard to the vehicles using the road below.

Last January, signs were installed which state that the bridge is closed and plans were made to eliminate this risky situation. Winter weather and poor site conditions delayed remedial work until Wednesday, the 26th of March. That day a crew of seasoned Trail volunteers of Quicksilver Bridge fame (Tom Kaveney, Mitch Cholewinski, Joe Seibel, George Gerben, Ed Ritter, and Ken Gregory removed the walkways on both sides of the bridge, eliminating the threat to road traffic.

The bridge will remain closed until a new deck is placed on it later this year.