Duxbury Residents Start Campaign To Save Iconic Powder Point Bridge

A group of residents want to preserve an iconic wooden bridge across Duxbury Bay. WBZ's Chaiel Schaffel has more.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Peter Randall's family has lived in Duxbury for twelve generations
and he loves the history. But the state has its
eyes set on one of his favorite landmarks.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
The state wants to come in and they want to
build a massive concrete and steel bridge.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
NOSDOT is looking to replace the all wood powder Point
bridge that makes the iconic thumping when cars drive over.
The agency says the bridge is in a state of
disrepair and needs to go, but there appears to be
significant opposition here. People will think this is part of
Duxbury's foundation.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
In nineteen forty one, my grandfather was head of the
Highway department for Duxbury and so he inherited the bridge
and would make all the repairs every year.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
Close to six thousand people have signed a petition to
have it kept and repaired instead. That's more than a
third of the small town's population. Christine Hall is also
on the save our Bridge campaign.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
It's a very unique place in the world and we
want to keep it.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
Kyle Schaffer to be Busy Boston's news radio