By the way,PennDOT wasn't mentioned in the article.
As per an article printed in the Reading Eagle today the Greenwich Township supervisors have been informed work on replacing this bridge in the spring.Berks County will advertise bids to replace this 114 year old bridge with work to begin on May 1st.Completion should be by December.The supervisors evidently decided not to save this bridge because of refusing to take ownership.Maybe someone out there might want to take ownership of this bridge.Let's hope so over this bridge becoming cans or cars.
There were several Zettlemoyers in the area of the bridge in 1876.
Here's an historic atlas of Greenwich & Albany townships of Berks County:
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/13537/Greenwich+Towns...
The area in Greenwich township near Lenhartsville where most of the Zettlemoyers are located is actually called Zettlemeyer Dist. No 8.
Spelled with an "e", must be a misprint.
How Did this bridge get its name ?? Is this where the Zettlemoyer farm is ? or was ? May be related through an early 1800 marriage.
according to the reading eagle dated 8/14/14 this bridge looks like it will be replaced.the greenwich supervisors are talking to the berks county commissioners about replacing the bridge.the commissioners indicated they would consider replacing the bridge with a concrete span.estimated to cost $2.5 million the new concrete span would be capable of supporting a 30 ton firetruck which is stipulated by the township.this all is conditional upon the township assuming ownership of the new bridge.construction of the new bridge will take 3 years.any more information i get i will pass on.
Of course I favor a full restoration for this span, but an adequate rehabilitation could be performed for substantially less that would allow continued use of the bridge.
just got some information on this bridge from the reading eagle.seems the county would prefer to either remove the bridge and get the county to build a new bridge.what complicates the matter is the bridge is the county,s property and the road is a township road.also this bridge is in a very isolated area only serving about a dozen houses.the options open are repairs which would cost $1.500,000.00,build a new bridge which would cost $2.500,000.00 or remove the bridge.i will let you know when the final decision is made and what it is.
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