PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Demolition work is in the homestretch of the former Memorial Bridge that had connected New Hampshire and Maine.
The bridge had connected Portsmouth, N.H., to Kittery, Maine, for nearly 90 years. A new bridge will be built by next year.
The Kittery approach has been demolished down to the pier footings.
Contractor Archer Western says from now until the end of the fall, the river view will show only the four stubs of piers above the waterline.
Demolition work is continuing on two piers in the center of the Piscataqua River.
Crews have started work on the new foundation.
My Dad went across the old Memorial Bridge in a baby carriage the day it opened. If he’s still with us, I’ll take him across in his wheel chair.
they should have taken that bridge down forty years ago, and not built another one, we might have saved Maine that way,
I coulda’ had that bridge outta there in less than an hour.