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Detours begin at Tequesta bridge
By BILL DIPAOLO
Bridge closed
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
TEQUESTA — The
Tequesta Drive Bridge closed for 6-8 months
impact of closing the
for a new bridge. Here are detours.
Tequesta Drive Bridge
already is felt at the First
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Presbyterian Church.
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the 150 -foot -long span that
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crosses the Loxahatchee
River. The 50 -year-old
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bridge is no longer safe
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for traffic, Florida Depart-
Roebuck Rd.
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ment of Transportation of-
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ficials told village officials
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on Monday. The bridge
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center St.
was closed to all traffic on
Monday afternoon.
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startby Dec. 1 and could
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take eight months. But
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the builder can earn up to
$2,000 per day for up to 90
ment in a recreation room,
cue station for residents
days — $180,000 — for fin-
where they will stay for
west of the bridge while
ishing early, Village Man-
about a week.
the work is completed,
ager Mike Couzzo said.
"We got everything we
Cuozzo said.
"That's a pretty good
need here," said Lt. Mark
Eastbound traffic was
incentive to complete the
Spurgeon, putting down
closed last week after a
job before eight months,"
his Coleman stove. The
DOT inspection. A follow-
Couzzo said.
church is not charging the
up inspection led to the
Three fire -rescue emer-
village, said Senior Pastor
full closing.
gency technicians are sta-
C. Patrick Shaffer.
Federal stimulus dol-
tioned 24/7 in a temporary
Closing the bridge
lars are paying the first
office at the church, at the
means cutting a link to the
$3 million for the new
west end of the bridge. A
village's fire -rescue station
bridge. Anything over that
firetruck and ambulance
east of the bridge on Te-
amount the village must
are in the church's drive-
questa Drive. Village offi-
pay, said Couzzo. The
way. The firefighters/
cials plan to rent a private
bridge contractor has not
paramedics Tuesday morn-
home in Tequesta Country
been selected.
ing were setting up equip-
Club to serve as a fire -res-
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