Dalton's White Wins Greylock Road Race

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ADAMS, Mass. – Dalton’s Alexander White and Worcester’s Rachael Hurley were the top male and female finishers at the 51st running of the Mount Greylock Road Race on Sunday.
 
White covered the 8-mile course up the commonwealth’s highest peak in 50 minutes, 21.61 seconds, beating the field by nearly 47 seconds.
 
Boxford’s Danny Cosgrove was the runner-up in 52:08.36 in the event put on by Pittsfield’s Berkshire Running Center.
 
Hurley finished 11th overall and first among the women with a time of 1:06:59.34 and a mile pace of 8 minutes, 22 seconds.
 
In all, 124 runners finished the race with the final finisher hitting the summit in 2:48:03.
 
The first Berkshire County woman across the finish line was North Adams’ Olivia Dalton, who placed 23rd overall and fifth among all female runners with a time of 1:13:02.59.
 
Among the younger runners, Marlborough’s Ben Stephan led the males 13-19 with a time of 1:09:45.75 that was good for 13th place overall. The fastest female teen runner was Dalton’s Megan Tucker, who clocked a time of 1:45:02.36.
 
At the other end of the age spectrum, the fastest finisher in the 70-and-over category was Len Hall of Enfield, N.H., who placed 44th overall and finished in 1:21:11.07. The fastest female 70 and over was Lisa Doucett of Andover, Mass., who finished in 1:48:38.04 to place 98th.
 
Full results from Sunday's race here.
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Adams' Cook Street Bridge Slated for Replacement

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — The deteriorating Cook Street Bridge is slated for improvements, with the state favoring a superstructure replacement that would address the bridge's structural needs while minimizing impacts to the surrounding area.
 
The Cook Street Bridge primarily serves local traffic, spanning the South Branch of the Hoosic River and providing connections between the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail, Albert Street and Crotteau Street. It has a 12-ton weight limit.
 
The estimated cost at this point is $6.1 million.
 
The single-span bridge, originally constructed in 1957, has developed several structural deficiencies in recent years, including deteriorating steel beams with section loss and rusting, said Kasey Burke, project manager for the consulting engineering firm TEC. 
 
Additionally, there are holes in the underside of the deck that have exposed rebar, which is restricting travel across the bridge, she said. 
 
Deterioration of the bridge deck beneath the pavement is also resulting in several potholes on the road surface, which presents an ongoing maintenance issue for the town, Burke said. 
 
The planned replacement will have 10-foot striped travel lanes in each direction and be the same length of the current bridge, without adding any extra supports.
 
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