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Grant to help replace three Mississippi bridges
By Sethanie Smith, WJTV-TV Jackson
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A $34.6 million federal grant was awarded to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to replace three state-owned bridges on Mississippi State Route 32 in Tallahatchie County.
According to U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), the Federal Highway Administration Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP) grant will allow MDOT to replace the Tallahatchie River Bridge, the Tallahatchie Relief Opening and the Locopolis Bayou River Bridge on MS 32.
“Safe, reliable bridges are essential to keeping Mississippi’s rural communities connected and our local economies moving, which is important as Tallahatchie County and the region work to ramp up economic development,” Hyde-Smith said.
According to MDOT, using modern structural technologies will provide a more reliable transportation network on MS 32, which is now faced with weight limitations and other restrictions on the three aging bridges.
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