The Roanoker January/February 2022 - 66

then and now
(Under) Memorial Bridge
written by Jenny K. Boone Visitors will find a surprising relic beneath the well-known city bridge.
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66 JAN/FEB 2022
hen you visit the area underneath
Memorial Bridge in Roanoke, you
won't find children playing on swings
and slides as is pictured here in a
photo that dates back to the 1920's.
But you will find a restored relic from this past scene - a
gigantic sandbox.
In 2020, as part of the Arches project, local artist Polly
Branch and Roanoke stonemason, John Tanner, restored
and transformed the sandbox into a 17-foot diameter
sand-filled octagon, covered on the exterior with rocks
laid in a mosaic pattern, according to local media reports.
Along with the restored sandbox, students from
Patrick Henry High School painted colorful images on
six columns under the bridge. The pastel paintings represent
some of the classic architecture housing styles in
Roanoke.
These restorations were planned to give new life to the
park and its former identity as a playground. A section
of the Roanoke River Greenway now also runs under
the bridge, past the sandbox and the painted columns.
Memorial Bridge's origins date back to 1926, when
the bridge was constructed by W.W. Boxley and Co. It
replaced the adjacent Woodrum Bridge.
The new bridge was conceived as a memorial for
Roanoke's military servicemen. A plaque on the bridge
contains the names of 25 soldiers from Roanoke who
were killed in World War I. I
JENNY KINCAID BOONE is a Roanoke-based freelance writer and former business journalist. She is a Roanoke College and Northwestern University graduate who is passionate
about exercise and chai latte.
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