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Officials discuss funding for N.H.-Maine bridge 

Associated Press 

Saturday, February 22, 201 

(Published in print: Saturday, February 22, 2014 

New Hampshire says replacing a 75-year-old bridge connecting the state to Maine is a priority, but work is still being done to find the funding sources. 

Members of New Hampshire’s House Public Works and Highway Committee on Thursday visited the Sarah Long Bridge in Portsmouth, the state’s No. 1 red-listed bridge. 

Work on the $160 million replacement bridge is expected to begin in 2015, with completion in 2017. Maine and New Hampshire co-own the bridge. Each has committed $80 million. 

Federal Highway Administration funding will pay for the bulk of the project, but lawmakers said the states are looking to apply for the next round of federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, grants. 

The two states were unsuccessful in securing a $25 million TIGER grant last fall.

Officials discuss funding for N.H.-Maine bridge

 

Is the real villain here Vermont...should I be really protesting against Vermont! There is no state deal splitting the cost of a bridge between Vermont and New Hampshire on the Connecticut River. 

Well, the Hinsdale Bridge is 91 years old and the route 1 bypass Sara Long Bridge is 75 years. Parts of the route 1 Badger bridge...Memorial Bridge... a half a mile east of the Long Bridge is new. West a half mile is the I 95 bridge...Blue Star bridge. Transportation wise, there is no need for a new Sara Long 180 million dollar bridge other than for jobs and votes.

 

If I remember right, this area is economically depressed! 

 

...Right, it all about votes, not a fair rule or a criteria of new bridge replacement. It would be devastation if we lost our bridge...there is absolutely no community outcome if the Sara Long bridge collapses.