Still Waiting For That Covered Bridge In Andover

It was the quintessential plan. A quaint covered bridge would cross an old train trestle abutment in Andover so hikers, bicyclists and horseback riders could travel uninterrupted along the Hop River State Park trail west to Manchester or east to Willimantic.

[BryP]

This is the first I've heard of the bridge, but once I heard Andover, Bridge, and Trail, I knew exactly where they were talking. I've passed along that road many times and said to myself "someone should put up a bridge there for the trail." I hope it gets built soon. Half a Mil seems like a lot to build it- it's not that big of a gap. Then again in the scheme of things, it's not all that much money, either. Larger sums are easily wasted by even local governments. Someone step up and build it while they wait on the Echo lawsuit.

[Mr Common Sense]

The first time my buddy and I biked that far from Manchester we were surpised to come to a dead end with orange fencing. We dismounted, hoofed it down the hill, crossed the street, hoofed it back up, and kept going. I've been doing a lot of letterboxing in that area this past week, and I've seen lots of others do it too. Everyone will benefit once they get this done. Just think, I could bike from Manchester to Willimantic, fuel up at The Main Street Cafe, then burn it off on the trip back.

[Ron]

Bravo to BryP and Mr. Common Sense. Build the bridge and employ some people.

[Mr Common Sense]

Ron wrote:

Bravo to BryP and Mr. Common Sense. Build the bridge and employ some people.

It's a conspiracy by the historical society. As people use their lot to park for the trail since the bridge is out right there, they'll get more visitors. LOL.