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I-10 bridge that Ivan mangled will be fixed
Associated Press
Published April 22, 2005
PENSACOLA - An Interstate 10 bridge across Escambia Bay that was severely damaged by Hurricane Ivan in September will be replaced under a $242-million contract.
Tidewider Skanska Inc. of Virginia Beach, Va., signed the contract for the twin-span bridge Wednesday with the Florida Department of Transportation.
Pictures of the bridge with a truck dangling over a missing section came to symbolize Ivan's destruction across the northern Gulf Coast. Divers found the driver's body in the bay.
The bridge, used by an estimated 42,000 vehicles a day, was reopened to limited traffic after a three-week, herculean repair effort. Despite additional repairs, the weakened eastbound span still cannot carry a full two lanes of traffic.
Construction on the new bridge will begin in May or June with the eastbound span scheduled for completion by the end of next year and the westbound opening by the end of 2007, said a DOT spokesman.
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