This time, safety and aesthetics are the reasons for dewatering the falls. Two stone-faced concrete arch bridges, built in 1900-01 to provide pedestrian access to Goat Island, are deteriorating.

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“They all let go after a while,” he said Friday. He said it’s the first collapse of a major arch in the park since nearby Landscape Arch fell in 1991. No one has reported seeing it fall.