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Bridge Reported Missing At Keene Farm
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Owner Says Heavy Equipment Needed To Haul Bridge Away
KEENE, N.H. -- Police in Keene said Monday that they were trying to piece together how a bridge vanished overnight.
Investigators said that the bridge was on private property and was the only way that owner Kim Parrott could get from her farm to the main road. Parrott said the bridge was worth $2,500.
"When we got here, there was no bridge, and we were surprised," Parrott said.
Four 16-foot pieces of railroad wood used to cross White Brook to the field where Parrott bundles hay. Parrot said she's certain the bridge wasn't washed away because she has seen no signs of debris along the twists and turns of the brook.
Police are investigating the theft as a felony crime.
"If it didn't float away, somebody took it away, and that's the assumption we're going on now," Sgt. Brian Costa said.
Parrott said she hadn't used the bridge in weeks, and it's possible someone thought the bridge was abandoned. But she said taking it would not have been an easy task.
"It's a very heavy section," she said. "They would have had to have some very heavy equipment.
"Parrott speculated that anyone interested in the bridge might have taken it to build a snowmobile bridge.
Neighbors told Parrot that the gate that leads to the bridge was unlocked for about a week. Police said it would have taken at least a couple of hours to haul the wood away.
KEENE, N.H. -- Police in Keene said Monday that they were trying to piece together how a bridge vanished overnight.
Investigators said that the bridge was on private property and was the only way that owner Kim Parrott could get from her farm to the main road. Parrott said the bridge was worth $2,500.
"When we got here, there was no bridge, and we were surprised," Parrott said.
Four 16-foot pieces of railroad wood used to cross White Brook to the field where Parrott bundles hay. Parrot said she's certain the bridge wasn't washed away because she has seen no signs of debris along the twists and turns of the brook.
Police are investigating the theft as a felony crime.
"If it didn't float away, somebody took it away, and that's the assumption we're going on now," Sgt. Brian Costa said.
Parrott said she hadn't used the bridge in weeks, and it's possible someone thought the bridge was abandoned. But she said taking it would not have been an easy task.
"It's a very heavy section," she said. "They would have had to have some very heavy equipment.
"Parrott speculated that anyone interested in the bridge might have taken it to build a snowmobile bridge.
Neighbors told Parrot that the gate that leads to the bridge was unlocked for about a week. Police said it would have taken at least a couple of hours to haul the wood away.
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