Vt. town watches bridge as it prepares for storm

Posted at: 10/26/2012 9:18 AM
By: Associated Press

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ARLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Officials in the Vermont town of Arlington are watching debris under a local bridge left over from Tropical Storm Irene as they monitor Hurricane Sandy.
    
A project manager with state Agency of Transportation said most of the debris under the bridge on Route 313 was removed by a contractor using an excavator, but some logs had become jammed so the machine could not reach them. He said the problem now is a log caught under the bridge by a tree, which could collect more debris if Sandy washes it down the river.
    
The Bennington Banner reports that last year, a number of town bridges had problems with river debris getting caught beneath them and causing damage.
    
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Information from: Bennington Banner, http://www.benningtonbanner.com

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