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Old 09-28-2022, 08:33 PM
 
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East Bay Bike path bridges in Barrington to be replaced.



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Old 09-29-2022, 08:31 AM
 
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It's actually not bad. It took them 15 years to build a 436 foot long automobile bridge over the same river. The GW was built in 4.

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Old 09-29-2022, 10:59 AM
 
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I bike this trail every week. The state added a wider sidewalk deck last year on the two road bridges which now allows for two way bike traffic. The detours are fine for now with the only issue being the very narrow sidewalk on the very short stretch (two house lots) of New Meadow Road. The sidewalk cannot accommodate two way traffic here and it has utility poles in the middle with them lined with padding to lessen impact.
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Old 09-29-2022, 11:09 AM
 
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Telephone poles lined with padding. To lessen the impact. This is a full Rhode Island.
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Old 10-02-2022, 10:37 AM
 
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Telephone poles lined with padding. To lessen the impact. This is a full Rhode Island.
It could be worse. We could be Massachusetts. These bikers are jealous of our padding!

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Old 10-02-2022, 10:46 AM
 
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It could be worse. We could be Massachusetts. These bikers are jealous of our padding!

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That is a bike "lane" (in a street), which as we know are seldom used by actual "bikes" the way they were intended. I avoid Somerville like the plague.
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Old 10-02-2022, 11:56 AM
 
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That is a bike "lane" (in a street), which as we know are seldom used by actual "bikes" the way they were intended. I avoid Somerville like the plague.
Thank you for deflecting my stalker. It's a very unhealthy obsession. Some folks handle rejection better than others, still though, ASAB.
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Old 10-02-2022, 12:04 PM
 
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It's actually not bad. It took them 15 years to build a 436 foot long automobile bridge over the same river. The GW was built in 4.
The Golden Gate in 4.
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Old 10-02-2022, 12:05 PM
 
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It's actually not bad. It took them 15 years to build a 436 foot long automobile bridge over the same river. The GW was built in 4.
The temporary pavement had to be replaced twice. In 2019, less than 10 years after completion, it was listed as........ "structurally deficient".
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Old 10-04-2022, 08:17 PM
 
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It's actually not bad. It took them 15 years to build a 436 foot long automobile bridge over the same river. The GW was built in 4.
And as a pro-union guy, you can appreciate the George Washington Bridgebwas not a union project.

Safety first, amirite?
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