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VDOT will open Route 727 (Airport Road) in Rockingham County on Friday. Contractors from Fairfield-Echols LLC of Fishersville have substantially completed the project just west of Route 11 at Mount Crawford. The work included construction of a new bridge over the North River and realigning part of the road to eliminate two sharp curves.
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The Friends of the Sears Hill Bridge Committee recently received a 2013 Preservation Award from Preservation Virginia, recognizing the committee’s restoration of the Sears Hill Bridge as an Outstanding Community Preservation Project.
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Bridge Day, Saturday, April 13 will be a celebration of the Sears Hill Bridge and Staunton’s rich architectural history and preservationist culture. Events will include free family activities around the District at Woodrow Park, the Staunton Station, the Wharf and on Beverley Street.
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In front of a packed house at Historic Staunton Foundation’s annual meeting on Sunday, the Sears Hill Bridge project was lauded as “one of our community’s most successful grassroots preservation efforts” by Frank Strassler, executive director of the organization.
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Dixie Gas & Oil Corporation is proud to support the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge for the restoration of Sears Hill Bridge through BP’s Fueling Communities Program with a grant donation of $2,000.
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A conference and continuing education opportunity that explores substance abuse prevention and treatment methods will be held at Bridgewater College Jan. 26 from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. in Bowman Hall.
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Looking toward Election Day on Nov. 6, Democrat strategist and political analyst, Donna Brazile, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
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“Love can build a bridge” says Winona Judd in her popular country song, but when it comes to replacing the century-old Sears Hill Bridge in Staunton, it’s going to take cold, hard cash. The Staunton Downtown Development Association, in collaboration with the Friends of the Sears Hill Bridge and The Community Foundation of the Central…
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Staff Report Two major construction projects – one of which will significantly improve two existing student residence halls and the other will provide new village-style student housing at Bridgewater College – have been announced by the College’s board of trustees. The first phase of both projects will get under way in February-March 2010 and be…
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Story by Chris Graham A dozen Virginia bridges with the same general type of design as the deck-truss bridge in Minnesota that collapsed last week are going to get a gander from state transportation inspectors – but there’s no reason for alarm.
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