Carly Miller is reporting for Columbia-Greene Media engineers April 2, unveiled a preliminary design to replace deteriorating bridge joints, rails and concrete slabs on Cairo's Main Street bridge over the Shingle Kill Creek. The project that would close the bridge to traffic for approximately three months next summer. Engineers from Albany-based Creighton Manning Engineering and the Greene County Highway Department officials took questions from residents during the public hearing, which followed a presentation of the proposal. The project will fix deteriorating concrete on the top deck and sidewalk, flaking paint leading to rust on the beams and crumbling retaining walls under the bridge. The rehabilitation plans include resurfacing the concrete deck, replacing bridge joints and a railing, and reconstructing 95 feet of concrete slabs leading to the bridge. The span was built in 1927 and has been rehabilitated once, in 1981. The new project is expected to extend the bridge's life by 25 years. Construction is scheduled to begin in June 2019. Read the full story at HudsonValley360 [dot] com.