The following is a response to a letter to the editor by James C. L. Brown that appeared in the July 25 edition.
Hardesty & Hanover agrees with James C.L. Brown that the Mystic River Bridge was a much earlier application and interpretation of the Dutch-style bascule bridge in America. While there are differences between the two bridges, the Cedar Beach bridge does employ many of the characteristics that Thomas Ellis Brown II employed on the unique Mystic River Bridge.
H&H lauds Brown's great-grandfather, Thomas Ellis Brown II. He indeed was the innovative designer of the Mystic River Bridge in Mystic, Conn., in 1920.
That said, we are excited about the proposed Cedar Beach bridge, a unique drawbridge in the tradition of the classic Dutch-style bascule bridge, that will serve the Slaughter Beach community for many years to come.
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