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Ross continued.
Shortly after that the bridge was declared by the county to be unsafe. The weight bearing allowance was limited. In 1993 it was officially closed, cutting off east side residents of the town from easy access to services such as mail, groceries, government, fire and ambulance. In 1999 the county abandoned the bridge.
That's when a couple of women, Miriam Morton and Maxine Schembri went to work to save the bridge and reestablish essential access. They called on experts who recognized the historical importance of the "one of just two Parker Camelback bridges left in the United States."
Noting that it was constructed in 1903, it was placed on the New York State and National Registries of Historic Places.
At the same time the bridge was being abandoned, Allegany County Public Works Director David Roeske wrote a grant proposal to asking for $529,280 in state Transportation Enhancement grant funding to repair the bridge.
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