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January 30, 2012

Trip Report

ReporterBrooke Sofferman

Here is the last bridge on 62 before the Elks club in Maynard. I ran it just before dusk Friday, and saw the right tunnel was blocked with a steel beam. I was thinking it was a mistake by the construction on the bridge above, but after speaking to one of the guys on the site, I realize it's intentional for some reason. I read the post after mine of a member who ran it the day after saying both the left and right tunnels were blocked and sandbags placed, which I didn't see at all the day before. The construction worker didn't know why they were diverting the flow to just the center tunnel, or what the sandbags were for, but he said eventually, they are going to remove the supports, so it will have one big chute. It's a fun rapid chute like this, so I hope it doesn't happen soon!