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Report: Pedestrian bridge at Ridgewood High School needs work
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
A pedestrian bridge that connects the two athletic fields at Ridgewood High School (RHS) – crossed by hundreds of students each day – has structural deficiencies that have yet to be addressed by the school district, and vehicles have been seen using the bridge despite a weight limit, according to a village resident who lives near RHS.
The pedestrian bridge connecting Stadium and Stevens fields at Ridgewood High School was closed following flooding in April.
More than two years ago, the Ridgewood school district received an engineering report on the pedestrian bridge over the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook between athletics fields at Ridgewood High School (RHS), citing concerns with the bridge’s structural integrity.
The report, prepared by Mark Micucci of Micucci Engineering and delivered to the district in January 2009, notes that the exposed top side of the bridge is in “relatively good condition” and its underside in “fair condition,” but reveals problems with the structure of its abutments, particularly its southern abutment.
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