Most of you who live in or around Hertford know that the business leg of Highway 17 is closed coming in and out of Hertford. The causeway leading up to the bridge dropped about eight inches a week or two ago, and they closed it for repairs. Apparently the road coming in is concrete built on a metal framework with pavement over the top of all of it. Efforts are underway to reinforce the lower structure - I know this first hand because while out running in preparation for the upcoming 5K, I crossed the bridge and came face to face with a hole in the road...a big one...with river water at its base.
Anyway, I took some pictures. One is just the gorgeous old bridge - which has a cornerstone dated 1928 - and the other two are showing the depth and seriousness of the causeway repair. I'm glad to see the work being done, because bar none, that bridge is the finest, most beautiful bit of Old Hertford left, and it's important that it be preserved. I've said it before, and it's still true...driving in across that bridge and thinking of the Andy Griffith Show was the first thing to make me fall in love with Hertford. First impressions are important, and that bridge always makes a good one.
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