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Bridge acting as dam a simple fix, Paul Abrell says 2012-03-29 - Adair Co. District 1, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Citizen Paul Abrell says that this old County Bridge over Sulphur Creek - built in the olden days before CJE Ann Melton and before the current Fiscal Court First District Representative Harold Burton's tenure - acts as a dam and floods his part of the valley. He says the bridge is turned the wrong way and that the teensy culverts in the poured concrete structure get clogged and, in heavy rains, water even gets into a neighbor's house. A similar situation on Sulphur Creek occurs at the dry bridge on Hancock Road/Jr. Burton Road, which floods Murrell Burton's little bottom. Today's county bridges are built problem in mind, Judge Melton says, and notes that all of the most recent bridges have guard rails instead of low concrete curbs with weep holes, to eliminate pooling on bridge floors. The county continues to monitor the P. Abrell Road situation, she says, but says that a bridge replacement at this time does not seem feasible. Permalink | Comments?

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