Tom Warne Report, 17 December 2011
Seacoastonline.com – December 14, 2011
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Funding for a replacement of the Memorial Bridge in New Hampshire was unanimously approved by the state Executive Council this week, marking the final step before work begins early next month. The state of Maine has already approved its portion of the $81.4 million project, which will use a $20 million federal grant then be divided evenly between the two states.
Work to replace the 90-year-old span will be completed by July 2012. The proposed schedule calls for closing the existing span to all traffic in January to begin dismantling the structure.
The council did not consider a petition by a Portsmouth architect to add aesthetic cables to the bridge.