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My office, the New Hampshire SHPO, has begun to apply Guidelines for Historic Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement to an actual bridge project over the Connecticut River between NH and Vermont. The bridge is a three-span truss structure (two high trusses, one pony) dating from 1937. We have found the...
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I may have misdirected this reply by giving it a title: "Secretary of the Interior's Standards," so I'll try again. This follows up on the important topic of "purism" in bridge rehabilitation, first raised by Frank Griggs and pursued by several others, including Steve Olson...
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This follows up on the important topic of "purism" in bridge rehabilitation, first raised by Frank Griggs and pursued by several others, including Steve Olson, Joseph Pullaro, and Ann Miller. Frank mentioned that "the best is often the enemy of the better." When a National Register...
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I tend to agree that 'purists' represent one end of the spectrum and that their adherence to fixed ideology can hinder a project. One example is the Texas SHPO wanting to preserve a guardrail made of gas pipe fittings that was 85% destroyed by corrosion. But the other end of the spectrum is occupied...