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month for Western credits, the nHighway 61 j Bridge Open '■MAQUOKETA, la. — The State Highway Commission said s Friday that U.S. Highway 61 £ between Dubuque and Maquo- s keta has been reopened to I through traffic upon completion * of repairs to a bridge damaged by a truck Nov. 20. pThe bridge, located about 25 f miles south of Dubuque, was I damaged when a semi * trailer vtruck driven by Earl W. Smith, *v47, of East Omaha, Neb , went s out of control and rammed it. 1 Trucks were banned from the bridge immediately, but cars i were allowed to use it until the 1next day. 111 The damaged bridge closed a ( 33 mile section of Highway 61 1Jto through traffic iij Motorists were required to de- 1 Jtour through Bellevue, la , onj' t Highways 62 and 52 67. At 1 ) Bellevue they could travel west 1' on Highway 62 to Maquoketa or' south to Davenport on Highway! 67The Highway Commission has i s scheduled a major relocation of 1 Highway 61 in Jackson and Du -I i buque Counties in the near future. The sharp curve at the 1 bridge is to be vacated and a1 - newr bridge is to he constructed 1 in 1966, a spokesman said.pi --
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Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Fri, Jan 10, 1964
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