Senoia's

Bridge Street may soon be losing its historic wooden

bridge to vehicular traffic.

Mayor Joan

Trammell told the City Council and the residents at

Monday night's council meeting that the bridge is getting

too old and rickety for cars.

Trammell,

who lives on Bridge Street, says the bridge is being used

now as a "jumping-off" place for a lot of cars

and the wooden bridge cannot continue to take that kind

of abuse.

What

Trammell would like to see happen is the bridge converted

to a pedestrian and bike bridge. To get the bridge up to

vehicular standards would cost thousands of dollars and

probably result in a concrete bridge, instead of the

creaky wooden structure that has seen several generations

of Senoia residents drive over it.

Trammell

asked the council members to consider options for the

bridge and be ready to make a decision on its fate soon.

"We

need a decision by the first of the year. We're simply

not going to have the money to replace it. The grants are

simply not out there," she said.

Councilman

Judy Belisle said she recalled a program by the Georgia

Forestry Commission several years ago that was started to

help save the old wooden bridges.

Trammell

said she would be open to any suggestions and asked both

the council members and the citizens to come up with a

plan to preserve the historical integrity of the bridge.

Councilman

Kyle Frank agreed with Trammell.

"I

certainly don't want to see a concrete bridge

there," he said.