Boothbay Harbor Town Manager Tom Woodin has announced today that the town footbridge will be closed for an undetermined amount of time.

According to Woodin, "During a routine inspection of the condition of the footbridge by Public Works Director Chris Leeman and Fire Chief Nick Upham on Monday, they discovered a structural concern on the swing span (only) of the bridge. A support beam underneath the swing span contains significant rot and appears to be compromised. As a safety concern, through traffic on the footbridge is being shut down until a structural engineer can do an analysis of the issue and while repair options are under consideration. A representative from Prock Marine took a look at it this morning at our request and his advice was to close the bridge. The town's insurance company will be inspecting the footbridge this afternoon."