Great Barrington Selectboard Approves Plan to Repair Sinkhole on Division Street Bridge

Great Barrington Selectboard approves plan to repair sinkhole on Division Street bridge

Great Barrington — At a meeting held on Zoom on Tuesday, April 14, the Selectboard approved a plan to repair the sinkhole on the Division Street bridge. The bridge has been closed to traffic since March 20, when the sinkhole was discovered on the east side of the temporary bridge abutment. The bridge was closed to traffic for two years starting in 2020 after a 2018 inspection by the state’s Department of Transportation deemed the bridge “structu…

After sudden sinkhole closure, Great Barrington tests quick fix for temporary bridge

The town Department of Public Works will excavate a sinkhole on the temporary Division Street bridge as a first step toward potentially reopening the span.