Skinners Falls Bridge

April 8, 2025

DCS Seeks Injunction Against the Demolition of the Skinners Falls Bridge

DCS and Milanville, PA resident Cynthia Nash have filed suit in U.S. District Court seeking an injunction against the destruction of the historic Skinners Falls Bridge.

DCS brings this action to challenge the decision of Defendants (PennDOT, etc.) to reject

April 6, 2025

GoFundMe to Stop the Demolition of the Skinners Falls Bridge

Save the Historic Skinners Falls Bridge in Milanville, PA — Help Stop the Demolition

Hi, my name is Rose Biondi, and I’ve launched this fundraiser on behalf of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability to help preserve the historic Skinners Falls Bridge …

March 26, 2025

Community Voices on the Skinners Falls Bridge

Support Rose Biondi’s GoFundMe to save the Skinners Falls Bridge!


In January 2020, the late Ed Wesely sat with me, a WJFF volunteer with Radio Catskill, and recorded an audio interview for the show “Farm & Country”.

That interview aired …

March 20, 2025

Skinners Falls Bridge: “Isn’t It Worth Saving?”

Support Rose Biondi’s GoFundMe to save the Skinners Falls Bridge!

Nathan Holth has documented 205 historic bridges in PA that have been demolished, or are under threat of demolition, for the years 2004 to 2025. Mr. Holth says “I see

February 28, 2025

DCS Comments on the Skinners Falls Bridge

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DCS submitted extensive comments on the Skinners Falls Bridge to PennDOT and the Federal Highway Administration on Feb. 3, 2025, outlining their “persistent refusal to follow established statutory and regulatory

February 20, 2025

DCS Proposes to Buy the Skinners Falls Bridge


DCS sends Letter of Interest
To Acquire The Nation’s Historic Skinners Falls Bridge:

Objective is to restore, not destroy, the historic bridge.

 
Damascus Citizens …

February 2, 2025

Support DCS Efforts to Save the Skinners Falls Bridge

The Zane Grey Gallery has generously offered to donate all proceeds from its sales of Skinners Falls Reflections, by Craig Snedeker, to DCS’s legal efforts to save the Skinners Falls Bridge. Use the QR Code below or go to

January 30, 2025

Tell Your Representatives How You Feel About the SF Bridge and FIMFO

It’s crunch time for the Skinners Falls Bridge and the proposed Camp FIMFO, but especially for the bridge, which PennDOT intends to demolish asap. DCS, in conjunction with Wrought Iron Bridge Works, has presented a cost effective plan to save

January 28, 2025

Experts Have Cost Effective Plan to Save the Skinners Falls Bridge

DCS has been working with Greenworks, our environmental attorney, and Wrought Iron Bridge Works (WIBW), experts in the restoration of historic bridges, to come up with a plan to save the Skinners Falls Bridge.

DCS has sent the following letter

January 26, 2025

PennDOT Meeting on the Skinners Falls Bridge Feb. 11

As a Consulting Party on the Skinners Falls Bridge project, DCS received the following notification of a meeting to be held on February 11. As is evident in this notice, PennDOT intends to demolish the Bridge and is only looking

January 2, 2025

DCS Opposes Destruction of Historic Skinners Falls Bridge

DCS is actively and strongly defending the Skinners Falls Milanville Bridge from destruction by PennDOT, using their own data.

As detailed in our 1/2/2025 comment letter, PennDOT’s claims of rapid deterioration are not supported by the data available to …

November 23, 2024

Current DCS Legal Actions to Save the Skinners Falls Bridge

November 22, 2024 letter from DCS attorney Lauren Williams to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation:

Good afternoon,

On behalf of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, I am forwarding the email below and associated attachments to the Advisory Council on Historic

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