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Purdon Road Bridge Repair Project Begins

Posted: May. 18, 2020 12:33 AM PDT

A second bridge on Purdon Road is being repaired, starting Monday. Nevada County Principal Engineer, Pat Perkins, says this one-lane structure goes over the South Yuba River and is a little further south of the Purdon Crossing bridge, over Shady Creek, which was replaced last fall…

click to listen to Pat Perkins

Perkins says it’s an historic structure, built around 1906, but it’s becoming increasingly unsafe…

click to listen to Pat Perkins

The Purdon Crossing project replaced an old 1940’s era rail car bridge. Perkins says this project is funded through a 360-thousand dollar grant from Cal Trans and should only take around a month to complete.

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