Mending the bridge

Residents of Whiting Bay were relieved to see work begin on rebuilding Glenashdale Bridge, battered twice this winter by cars skidding on black ice. It had been feared that the historic bridge was beyond repair and might be replaced by some hideous modern structure, but many of the tumbled sandstone blocks were undamaged. Due to skilled work in weather that has often been dreadful, the grand old bridge is retrieving its former beauty, and with any luck, will be with us into the far future.