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Powerful mechanical jaws chip away at the existing Klineline Bridge on Friday. Contractors will work this weekend to demolish the bridge, making way for construction of a new one, set to open in late October.
Klineline Bridge comes down
Updated May 16 06:41 PM

Chunks of the 80-year-old Klineline Bridge fell as two giant machines nibbled away at the structure Friday, preparing the way for a new Salmon Creek crossing. By afternoon, the machine below the bridge had bitten off most of the northbound lanes, leaving jagged edges and me...more
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