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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Bridge collapses after heavy rains
Heavy rains this past week brought a county bridge to its knees in Grant township on 110th Avenue, north of 190th Street.
"We were thankful that nobody
was hurt when the failure occurred," Ringgold county engineer Zach GUNSOLLEY said. "This is anominous warning to those
who choose to ignore weight limit signs
on the secondary roads' bridges." The failure reportedly happened during the day on Wednesday, May 25. This bridge
was one of the hundreds of FEMA 2010 floodsites that have yet to be repaired. Flood repairs on dirt roads, like where
this bridge is located, generally have a lower priority than gravel or seal coat road flood re-pairs. "We would like
to get all of our repairs completed more timely, but the department cannot complete such a large volume of work in a
short period of time," GUNSOLLEY said. GUNSOLLEY expressed concern that this spring's heavy rains have further weakened
Ringgold county's already damaged roads, bridges and culverts.
Funding problems will continue to plague the county in the months ahead, GUNSOLLEY noted.
Photograph courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2011
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