Eventually the railway went bankrupt in 1927, and the bridge was abandoned.
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For two years following the demise of the railway, the bridge lay overgrown with weeds.
Residents were unsure what to do with it.
Then a local resident Antoinette Burnham suggested that the bridge be transformed into a garden.
They had eighty loads of soil and fertilizer placed on the bridge with the help of donated labor.
The community rallied around the project raising more than a thousand dollars to fund the project.
The bridge draws visitors from all over the world.
