After 54 years of service — and at least 5,000 bridge lifts — one of the trunnions on the northbound span of the Interstate 5 Bridge is showing some age.
The 20-inch-diameter trunnion, or axle, is one of eight on the bridge that are responsible for lifting and lowering the 170-ton bridge and its 170-ton counterweights.
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