Maintenance done on International Bridge

Helping sand stick at two International Bridge abutments cost less than expected.The abutments, on each end of the crossing between the Twin Saults, are where the bridge touches down on land. Retaining walls hold compacted sand and gravel.The soils have settled since the bridge opened in 1962, resulting in a situation Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority general manager Peter Petainen described in June as a slow ‘leak’ of sand.Ureteck, an injected quick-setting epoxy, was used to stabil