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January 24, 2025

Reader questions cost of moving bridge

Dear Editor,

This is a response to the article titled, “Planning begins for big bridge move: Streng Road Bridge will make its way to Marysville’s Uptown area.”

Regardless of the historic value of this bridge, such a move will be quite expensive, and use of taxes collected from hard working taxpa...

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