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State chooses local bridges to be replaced and repaired

The state Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that it’s chosen 70 bridges to be replaced or repaired with $130 million from the Federal Highway Fund.

Published: Nov. 29, 2012 at 6:39 a.m. PSTUpdated: Nov. 29, 2012 at 9:38 a.m. PST
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The state Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that it’s chosen 70 bridges to be replaced or repaired with $130 million from the Federal Highway Fund.

Local selections include $10 million to replace the Puyallup River Bridge, about $2.4 million for a new North Fork Muck Creek Bridge on 8th Avenue East southwest of Graham, and $ 9.6 million to redo Sumner’s White River-Truss Bridge.

Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2012/11/29/state-chooses-local-bridges-to-be-replaced-and-repaired/

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