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Thursday, January 30, 2020

State and local officials to hold ceremonial ribbon-cutting at new Weisenberger Mill bridge at 12:30 p.m. Friday

Story on event: https://midwayky.blogspot.com/2020/01/state-and-local-officials-celebrate-new.html

The new bridge and its approaches, and the mill and its dam, shone in the late-afternoon sun on Jan. 6. (Photo by Al Cross)
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Jim Gray and officials from Woodford and Scott counties will celebrate last month's completion of the new Weisenberger Mill bridge with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31.

Those joining Gray will include Judge-Executives James Kay of Woodford County and Joe Pat Covington of Scott County, and state Reps. Joe Graviss of Versailles and Phillip Pratt of Georgetown. Parking will be available at Weisenberger Mills, and cover will be available in case of rain.

Under a longstanding agreement with Scott County, Woodford County has responsibility for the bridge over South Elkhorn Creek at the historic Weisenberger Mill, but the state agreed to be responsible for its replacement several years ago. The state closed the old bridge for safety reasons July 1, 2016, removed it Aug. 30, 2019, and opened the new one Dec. 23.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

What a lovely picture of the mill, waterfall, and bridge from behind a tree. Really captures the essence of the place. It only makes sense that Scott County should bear the lion's share of maintaining the bridge , because without it there is no direct access from Zion Hill to the rest of the county.