There are three bridges in Schuylkill and Carbon counties which PennDOT and drivers said need some work.
Neighbors Lynnette Moyer and Teresa Everett have lived next to the Thomas J. McCall Bridge in Weissport for years.
The McCall Bridge in Weissport is on PennDOT's list of bridges in need of work. They said they will never move, even when they found out the bridge is constructed very much like the one that collapsed in Minnesota last year.
"Especially when the big trucks go over and you can hear how they bump. You can hear it," Moyer said.
Their wish is a new, sturdier bridge to live under and to drive over.
"I use the Weissport bridge. I don't know, I just don't like that bridge. You can feel it moving as you're driving," said Teresa Everett.
PennDOT said the bridge has structural problems and is not adequate for the amount of traffic that goes over it each day.
It is rating 29 out of a possible 100.
PennDOT officials said the bridge is currently being studied by engineers to see how and if it can be repaired.
People who live near the McCall Bridge in Weissport said they often see pieces of concrete falling off of the pillars and when it snows, the plowed snow gets dumped right on top of their cars.
The McCall Bridge isn't the only low rated bridge in this part of our area.
The bridge on Route 895 in Auburn in Schuylkill County is scheduled to be replaced.
The stone bridge, built in 1924, has also been deemed structurally deficient by PennDOT.
PennDOT officials said construction on a new bridge should start in 2010 or 2011.
Nothing is being done to the bridge on Route 443 in Schuylkill Haven, according to PennDOT engineers. It's rating is 22 out of 100. Some 13,000 vehicles travel the bridge daily.
PennDOT officials said it's just not on their priority list.
Those who live next to the McCall Bridge in Weissport are glad at least someone is looking at the problems of a bridge that sometimes seems like a second roof over their heads.
"It rattles a lot. When it has a whole bunch of cars on top of it, it almost seems like it's going to crumble right down," complained Stephen Greene of Weissport.
Neighbors Lynnette Moyer and Teresa Everett have lived next to the Thomas J. McCall Bridge in Weissport for years.
The McCall Bridge in Weissport is on PennDOT's list of bridges in need of work. They said they will never move, even when they found out the bridge is constructed very much like the one that collapsed in Minnesota last year.
"Especially when the big trucks go over and you can hear how they bump. You can hear it," Moyer said.
Their wish is a new, sturdier bridge to live under and to drive over.
"I use the Weissport bridge. I don't know, I just don't like that bridge. You can feel it moving as you're driving," said Teresa Everett.
PennDOT said the bridge has structural problems and is not adequate for the amount of traffic that goes over it each day.
It is rating 29 out of a possible 100.
PennDOT officials said the bridge is currently being studied by engineers to see how and if it can be repaired.
People who live near the McCall Bridge in Weissport said they often see pieces of concrete falling off of the pillars and when it snows, the plowed snow gets dumped right on top of their cars.
The McCall Bridge isn't the only low rated bridge in this part of our area.
The bridge on Route 895 in Auburn in Schuylkill County is scheduled to be replaced.
The stone bridge, built in 1924, has also been deemed structurally deficient by PennDOT.
PennDOT officials said construction on a new bridge should start in 2010 or 2011.
Nothing is being done to the bridge on Route 443 in Schuylkill Haven, according to PennDOT engineers. It's rating is 22 out of 100. Some 13,000 vehicles travel the bridge daily.
PennDOT officials said it's just not on their priority list.
Those who live next to the McCall Bridge in Weissport are glad at least someone is looking at the problems of a bridge that sometimes seems like a second roof over their heads.
"It rattles a lot. When it has a whole bunch of cars on top of it, it almost seems like it's going to crumble right down," complained Stephen Greene of Weissport.
