Enjoy your Detour Twitter

and here is the recent news flash!
twitter.com/shopuptown .......

The Main Street Bridge is Closing in July.

We are looking for great ideas to help Uptown Merchants thrive when we lose one of our direct routes - for 14 months! So help us create the best-ed, most-ed fun-est, exciting-est event! ........

THE BRIDGE IS CLOSING -

"Enjoy your detour!"

How can you help.....here are a few ideas on how to keep our patrons coming -sponsor a special T-shirt, help with the closing the bridge party, decorate your store window, help design a special car and bike detour route, help with the webpage, give lists of events to the Uptown Westeville Merchants webpage , use your social media, hand out maps of the new route and so much more. Send your ideas to us.

Try out our first ART (De)tour and tell us what you think!

the Plain Jane Detour

and THE OFFICIAL ROUTE

and

Ottebein Shuttle Route

twitter.com/enjoyyourdetour

www.mainstreetbridge.com - photos, and more

Did you know the way to get across Alum Creek at Schrock used to be a pulley basket system to ferry individuals across?

That Main St. was impassable because it was a swamp so east west traffic went Park St. because that was the shallowest place on Alum Creek.

And there were tug of war contests with Otterbein students across Alum Creek near the old Main St. bridge !

Did you know that over 10,000 vehicles cross the bridge daily.

Did you know that the original truss bridge was constructed in 1894 on the stone abutments that are currently in use by the current bridge.  A two span bridge was constructed in 1969.

The existing stone abutments are to be used as a future trail connector to allow access to all four corners of the bridge underneath.

The new bridge will have 9’6” sidewalks on both sides and have a barrier separate traffic from the pedestrians.

Thre will be a shuttle bus service to transport Otterbein students as well as the public during hours to be determined at a later time.  There would be one drop/off pick up point on the west side of the bridge and on the east side of the bridge, more than likely in the middle of campus.

From OC news!