Slabtown Bridge Opening
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A bucket-loader does grading near the Slabtown Bridge prior to a ceremony marking its opening Tuesday afternoon.
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Workers move west across the newly-completed Slabtown Bridge prior to a ceremony marking the opening of the bridge Tuesday afternoon.
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Workers move west across the newly-completed Slabtown Bridge prior to a ceremony marking the opening of the bridge Tuesday afternoon.
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PennDOT District III Public Information Officer Rick Mason, at right, talks to public officials about the newly-built Slabtown Bridge which connects Route 973 to Route 87 in Loyalsockville. The officials, from second from left are: Lycoming County Commissioner Jeff Wheeland, PA State Senator Gene Yaw and PA State Representative Garth Everrett. The bridge was destroyed during flooding in September of 2011 as the Loyalsock Creek overran its banks.
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Members of the public, PennDOT workers and area residents line up on the west end of the Slabtown bridge prior to a ceremony marking its opening Tuesday afternoon.
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The Slabtown Bridge as seen from the west bank of the Loyalsock (on Route 973) Tuesday afternoon.
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From left: Lee Smith, consultant designer with Dewberry, Inc.; Virginia Feigles-Kaar, consultatn liasion with PennDOT; Dave Wise, construction project manager with PennDOT; Joe Liegey, on-site supervisor with Glenn O. Hawbaker; Dave "Smiley" Heyl, conultant inspection chief with McTish Kunkle and Associates; Steve Mutchler, assistant traffic engineer with PennDOT and Lloyd Ayer, a bridge engineer with PennDOT cut a ribbon marking the official opening of the Slabtown Bridge Tuesday afternoon.
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VIPs, contractors, first responders, PennDOT employees and residents who attended Tuesday afternoon's opening ceremony for the Slabtown bridge pose for a group photo on the bridge Tuesday afternoon.
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VIPs, contractors, first responders, PennDOT employees and residents who attended Tuesday afternoon's opening ceremony for the Slabtown bridge pose for a group photo on the bridge Tuesday afternoon.
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The Eldred Township Ambulance and Fire truck move west to east across the Slabtown Bridge at its grand opening Tuesday afternoon. The ambulance was the last vehicle allowed to cross the bridge prior to PennDOT closing it down in the midst of extraordinary flooding in September of 2011.
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The Eldred Township Ambulance and Fire truck move west to east across the Slabtown Bridge at its grand opening Tuesday afternoon. The ambulance was the last vehicle allowed to cross the bridge prior to PennDOT closing it down in the midst of extraordinary flooding in September of 2011.
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An Upper Fairfield Township plow truck is the first vehicle to officially cross the Slabtown Bridge from east to west Tuesday afternoon.
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An Upper Fairfield Township plow truck is the first vehicle to officially cross the Slabtown Bridge from east to west Tuesday afternoon.
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PennDOT workers move a Road Closed sign following a ceremony to open the Slabtown Bridge Tuesday afternoon.
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Workers remove a right turn exception from a stop sign in light of the Slabtown Bridge opening Tuesday afternoon.
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Workers remove a right turn exception from a stop sign in light of the Slabtown Bridge opening Tuesday afternoon.
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Traffic lines up to cross the bridge as finishing touches are being put on it Tuesday afternoon.
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This photo shows the southern view from the Slabtown Bridge Tuesday afternoon.
