No Lights on Governers Island Bridge

Jersey Joe · 08-11-2009, 08:54 AM

Came through there last night, all of the lights on the bridge were out !

It was very hard to see it, and since there were a few boats coming the other way, I did not want to use my spotlight and mess up their vision.

This is very unsafe, I hope they know about this and fix it quickly

hazelnut · 08-11-2009, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Jersey Joe

Came through there last night, all of the lights on the bridge were out !

It was very hard to see it, and since there were a few boats coming the other way, I did not want to use my spotlight and mess up their vision.

This is very unsafe, I hope they know about this and fix it quickly

Hey Joe,

Thanks for the heads up! And don't hope, call the MP and report it. They welcome information like this in order to prevent an accident.

Jersey Joe · 08-11-2009, 10:00 AM

Just Called them to let them know

chmeeee · 08-11-2009, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by hazelnut

Hey Joe,

Thanks for the heads up! And don't hope, call the MP and report it. They welcome information like this in order to prevent an accident.

We noted this over a month ago and called. They said they were aware, so either they really don't care or they fixed them and they've broken again. I hope its not the former, because I would consider that a fairly important nighttime safety issue.

KTO · 08-11-2009, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by chmeeee

We noted this over a month ago and called. They said they were aware, so either they really don't care or they fixed them and they've broken again. I hope its not the former, because I would consider that a fairly important nighttime safety issue.

I'd be surprised if they didn't care. I've called on two separate occasions this year to report multiple missing markers, and each time they were replaced within 24 hours.

rick35 · 08-11-2009, 07:00 PM

We went under the bridge last night and thought it was odd that the lights were out. Unfortunately the guy coming through from the other side had his spotlight on making it hard to navigate through the markers on the Weirs side after losing my night vision. He did apologize on the way by.

NHskier · 08-11-2009, 08:08 PM

I seem to recall a thread from a couple years ago about the lights being out. Does anyone recall seeing them on in the recent past?

TiltonBB · 08-11-2009, 08:30 PM

The lights were out most of last season too. After it was reported several times they eventually fixed them.

This year they have been out for a while. It is surprising that they don't fix them within 48 hours of the first notification. The lights do make it much easier to go undre the bridge and the reflection from the lights helps to illuminate the channel markers too.

08-11-2009, 08:54 AM	#1
Jersey Joe Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	No Lights on Governers Island Bridge Came through there last night, all of the lights on the bridge were out ! It was very hard to see it, and since there were a few boats coming the other way, I did not want to use my spotlight and mess up their vision. This is very unsafe, I hope they know about this and fix it quickly

08-11-2009, 08:08 PM	#7
NHskier Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 284 Thanks: 40 Thanked 33 Times in 30 Posts	I seem to recall a thread from a couple years ago about the lights being out. Does anyone recall seeing them on in the recent past? __________________ NHskier

08-11-2009, 10:00 AM	#3
Jersey Joe Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just Called them to let them know

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rick35 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bear Island/Merrimack Posts: 709 Thanks: 55 Thanked 170 Times in 104 Posts	We went under the bridge last night and thought it was odd that the lights were out. Unfortunately the guy coming through from the other side had his spotlight on making it hard to navigate through the markers on the Weirs side after losing my night vision. He did apologize on the way by.

08-11-2009, 08:30 PM	#8
TiltonBB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilford, NH and Florida Posts: 2,895 Thanks: 643 Thanked 2,153 Times in 900 Posts	The lights were out most of last season too. After it was reported several times they eventually fixed them. This year they have been out for a while. It is surprising that they don't fix them within 48 hours of the first notification. The lights do make it much easier to go undre the bridge and the reflection from the lights helps to illuminate the channel markers too.