The Cottonwood at Torrington golf course in Torrington is set to have eight new bridges added to the course by the time this year’s golf season begins.
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TORRINGTON – The Cottonwood at Torrington golf course in Torrington is set to have eight new bridges added to the course by the time this year’s golf season begins.
After the flooding of last summer, two culverts on the back nine were fully submerged and destroyed by water. Once the flooding subsided, the remnants of the culvert were removed.
Starting with the new year, Dave Dent, the golf course manager, and the course’s maintenance staff began working on the new bridges around the course, starting with a 40-foot long, 12-foot wide bridge on the south slew of hole No. 10. The new bridge replaces a culvert that washed away. It is 12-feet wide to allow for trucks and maintenance equipment to cross to hole No. 11.
In place of the other culvert, a 40-foot long, eight-foot wide bridge is going in between hole Nos. 11 and 12. In both of the 40-foot bridges, electrical and water lines need to be run so the sprinkler system on 11 can still operate.
Another wider bridge is being added to the east side of the back nine to act as a way for maintenance equipment to access the holes easier. Five other bridges were either installed last year or are set to be finished this spring.