IRON STATION, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — One month after the collapse of their only drivable bridge, more than two dozen families have taken their next step to have their road rebuilt.
The non-profit group Mennonite Disaster Services has stepped in to helped built a bridge to allow personal, industrial, and emergency service vehicles to get to those on the other side of Amity Lane.
Queen City News has covered the dramatic collapse and subsequent temporary solutions put in place once the private road’s main bridge washed out on January 9 th .
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Emergency services added a large pedestrian bridge to allow families to walk from their homes to the other side, and for ATVs and UTVs (used by emergency services) to get across.
Families also added a gravel style make-shift road which has been used by vehicles with four-wheel drive.
However, the battle to repair the road has been met with more gaps.