Rodney Judkins of Lakeview Construction in Franklin completed significant repairs on the truss bridge south of the Andover ball field. Some of the pressure treated rails were used elsewhere as temporary fixes and were reused here as planned. Notice that the bridge ends were boxed in by railings to cover the void that extended beyond.
The Friends of the Northern Rail Trail (FNRT) has been busy fixing problems with failing railings and under-performing trail surfaces and ditches in several sections of the Northern Rail Trail in Merrimack County. Thank you FNRT volunteer project managers Ricker Miller and Chris Norris for overseeing these projects.
First, Mark Thompson Excavating Inc. of East Andover did the new surface at Dyers Crossing. Ditch work in East Andover was done by Jeff Miller of the Andover Fire Department. Thank you, Jeff.
Contractor Rodney Judkins of Lakeview Construction in Franklin built a fabulous set of new railings at a difficult location on the rail trail bridge over Depot Street in Franklin. Thank you for your wonderful work! On Rodney’s recommendation, GRK fasteners were applied instead of lags on the new lumber. GRKs are a fairly recent fastener technology which have more shear strength and holding power than lags, plus they have many other advantages, Chris Norris noted in his report.
FNRT is grateful for the excellent work done by its volunteers and local contractors.
The next regular monthly meeting of FNRT’s Board of Directors is at 7 PM on Wednesday, January 18, at the Danbury Community Center. Exciting milepost interpretive and place-keeping signage will be on the agenda.