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About Us Astrology Bargain Box Digital Edition Ferry Schedules 55 Plus Times High School View Letters to the Editor Movies Obituaries Reader Forums Real Estate Transactions Search Submissions Tide Chart Webcam Wedding Planner News Submissions March 29, 2006 Posted March 30, 2006 State Police enforce truck weight limits at Lagoon Pond Bridge A team of state police pulled over trucks Wednesday morning as they crossed the Lagoon Pond Drawbridge, part of a effort to enforce weight restrictions on the deteriorating structure.

In a letter, the Lagoon Pond Drawbridge committee, a citizen planning group, had asked state and town police to strictly enforce the existing speed limits and weight limits to avoid overloading the bridge.

The letter also asked that truckers, particularly those carrying loads approaching the bridge's capacity, voluntarily follow an alternative route via Vineyard Haven-Edgartown Road to Edgartown, or Barnes Road or County Road to Oak Bluffs.

The committee's goal is to prevent the premature closing of the bridge, which is to be replaced by a temporary bridge, and then finally, by a permanent bridge.

The bridge is currently rated for the posted weight limits of 12, 15 and 24 tons for 2-, 3- and 5-axle trucks, respectively.

Engineers have recommended decreasing the weight...

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