In 1990, the Virginia General Assembly established a commission to propose and enhance the economic development of the Southside region of the Commonwealth, the tier of largely rural counties across the southern border. The commission's 1991 report, House Document 42, included a recommendation for a timber bridge initiative to evaluate those structures as replacements for Virginia's structurally deficient bridges. The commission suggested that timber bridges might save highway construction funds and stimulate the forest products industry in Southside Virginia.
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