Bad bridges

There are heck of a lot of bridges in the Cambridge Springs area that are structurally deficient, according to a recent article in the Meadville Tribune. (You need to keep clicking "Read more" to get the entire listing of bad bridges.) Included on the list are bridges on Routes 6/19, 86, and 408 as well as several other key roadways, like Gravel Run Road.

It seems like they've been talking for quite some time about replacing the bridge that carries Route 6/19 over French Creek in Cambridge. That project could be a bit messy, as there are a few houses and businesses that are quite close to that span. And we can only hope that heavy track traffic is somehow diverted around town rather than onto the Grant Street bridge. That would probably be a wide and challenging right turn onto either 19 or 86 from Grant Street for a lot of big rigs.