Mood's Bridge . Perkasie . PA . Watercolor . 16" x 12"

... Blooming Glen Road, Perkasie... many a youthful day, spent fishing and exploring the Branch Creek, beneath this bridge. Merel Bryan's farm was to the west (to your right, in this view).

... At 1:00 in the afternoon, January 21, 2004... Roben Jones of Philadelphia, driving a Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) trash truck, illegally drove... no, tore through this wonderful old covered bridge, ripped off the front overhead face and snapped through 8 of the 12 overhead trusses. The truck was 12 feet, 7 inches high... bridge clearance "was" 11 feet, 2 inches. All trucks were banned from crossing the bridge.
Mood's Bridge was built in 1874. In 1997, PennDOT spent $277,000 on a major restoration of the bridge.
The driver was cited for "motor carrier violations".
The bridge was still standing, but structuraly unsafe and closed. Repairs were scheduled to begin on June 28th.

... but wait... it get's better...

... June 22, 2004, in the early morning hours... between 3:30 and 4:00 a.m., under cover of darkness... six brain dead miscreants set fire to the bridge... TWICE ! ! ! ...completely destroying it.
21 year old Daniel Weidner
20 year old Benjamin Recenes
20 year old Vincent Stout
20 year old Josephn Boland
20 year old Joshua Naso
20 year old Kevin Horoff
... all are local to this area, students at Penn State, home for a little fun and destruction...
... a little video of the arrest...


A Note Card is available of this watercolor painting.

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