One of New Brunswick’s most iconic covered bridges, the Vaughan Creek Covered Bridge in St. Martins, will be removed this week following a lengthy fight with heritage advocates to protect it. The bridge was built in 1935 and has been closed to traffic for many years after safety inspections found it unsuitable for heavy traffic. Advocates from the Covered Bridges Conservation Association of New Brunswick have been pushing to keep the bridge in the village of St. Martins, located around 46 kilometers east of Saint John on the Bay of Fundy. However, the provincial government announced plans to replace the bridge with a new two-lane structure designed to resemble the current one. "We're rather disappointed," said Ray Boucher, the association's president. "We're sorry to see it go, of course, but the new timber bridge is a good compromise." The construction of the new bridge will begin in OCT and is set to be completed by summer 2022.
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