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Kelly Street Bridge reopens in Streator after nearly 10 years, $1M project · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Kelly Street Bridge reopens in Streeter after nearly ten years
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  Speaker 1: one million dollars project. Written by Bill Frescoes, This article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. Nearly ten years after it was closed, the
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  Speaker 1: Kelly Street Bridge and Streeter reopened to traffic on Monday.
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  Speaker 1: The bridge over Prairie Creek was closed in twenty sixteen
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  Speaker 1: after the concrete supporting the steel piles eroded to the
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  Speaker 1: point that it couldn't support the wait consistently. It connects
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  Speaker 1: Bluff Street to First Street and offers an option to
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  Speaker 1: cross Prairie Creek for neighborhoods west of Route twenty three.
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  Speaker 1: The roughly one million dollars project was paid for through
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  Speaker 1: a partnership between the LaSalle County Highway Department and the
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  Speaker 1: City of Straighter. Construction on the replacement project began last fall.
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  Speaker 1: Works slowed during the winter and faced additional delays this
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  Speaker 1: spring because of wet weather.