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7-15-15 fdl historic preservation commission considers local historic designation for fountain island bridge

todayJuly 14, 2015

The Fond du Lac Historic Preservation Commission is expected to seek local historic designation for a deteriorating bridge at Lakeside Park.  Community Development director Diane Benson says the plan right now would be to preserve and relocate the historic bow string trusses and build a new structure in its place…rather than restoring the Fountain Island Bridge.  “In order to designate we do hold a public hearing once the Historic Preservation Commission feels that the structure is eligible,”  Benson told WFDL news. Benson says there are only a handful of bow string truss bridges in the state.

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