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Walking the Arrigoni **EVENT HIDE** LbNA #68376

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:May 1, 2015
Location:
City:Middletown
County:Middlesex
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Planted by:Spandrel
Found by: Traveln Turtle
Last found:Dec 18, 2016
Status:FFFFFFrFFFFF
Last edited:May 9, 2016
I hope to rehabilitate this letterbox permanently, but for now it is available only in connection with special events...

Find the clue for this letterbox by walking (or biking or wheelchairing) along the pedestrian walkway of the Arrigoni Bridge (on the southern side, next to eastbound traffic). This letterbox/cache box is safely accessible from the pedestrian/cycling walkway -- no need to hang over the edge or lean into traffic! The biggest challenge will be making sure that pedestrian and bike traffic is minimal. (Motor traffic is generally quick enough not to rubberneck at letterboxers.) The clue is near the structural midpoint of the bridge. There's a knee-high structure made of I-beams between the two spans. If you were to treat this structure as a bench (a rather uncomfortable one!), and sit on it (facing away from traffic, looking towards the river and Middletown), the clue is tucked away under your right side.

The letterbox stamp for this box, once you find it, is hand-carved from an original photo taken of the site. It may be of interest to kids, but I'd recommend supervision with repacking and re-hiding the box (tucking the tether wire away, especailly), as well as help with using the stamp, which is more tricky than most. (Place the stamp face upward, tap-dab ink liberally, and carefully rub the back of your paper, gravestone-rubbing-style.)

The waterproof paper in thus log does NOT take pencil well, but should accept any good pen (and most stamp inks) well. The original stamp, affixed to the back of the logbook, is a firm plate that requires LOTS of ink gently dabbed on, and very strong pressure to transfer cleanly. My recommendation is to press the paper firmly against the stamp (and massage the back of your paper) rather than trying to find a flat enough surface to get all the details of the stamp to impress on the paper.

Site note: If you begin crossing the bridge from the Middletown side, look for the Most Beautiful Steel Bridge (1938) award plaque at the near edge of the vertical structure.