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Show Bridge Opened OpenedTo To Traffic TrafficThe The highway lugh\\lY lugh lY \ \ : budge bnd e across the acrossthe Green river flver which h'ld hld had h'ldbeen hadbeen hidbeen ' been closed closecl to traffic smce since smceJuly sinceJuly sinceJuly July 30 " when "hen hen the west span spancollapsed spancollapsed spancollapsed collapsed under the nerght nerghtof , weightof \ eight eightof of a large truck loaded with a atractor atractor atractor tractor tractoras iias \as as was ' \ re openedVed opened \Ved Ved Wed Wednesday \ Wednesday Vednesday nesday at 4 1 < pm p m Until Unhl further furtherrepairs furtherrepairs furtherrepairs repairs are made only carsand carsand cars carsand and light ltght trucks trucksiiill trucks111 \ -iiill iiill \\111 111 nail - \ be allow allowed allowed allowed ed to cross the bridge brldgc I , - ( ( Special to T I ) I ) GREENRIVER Aug 14- 14 14At 14At 14 - At the beginning begmnmg of the third thirdweek thirdweek thirdweek week since smce the collapse coIIapse of the theGreen theGreen theGreen Green river bridge bndge things thmgs beglll begin beginto beglllto beginto to look brighter brJghter as the span spanacross spanacross spanacross across the gap in m the brIdge bridgelengthened bridgelengthened quite rapidly th sweek S Sweek sweek week It is stated that the repairs repairswill repairswill be completed by b ; : } the end of ofthe ofthe ofthe the week so that traffic will willagain willagain again be able to travel on highway high highway way 50 Sufficient help has been beenobtamed beenobtained been.obtained beenobtained . obtamed obtained the past week to keep keepthree keephree three : shifts at work instead mstead oftwo of oftwo ofwo two : as formerly"hen formerlythen formerly formerlyWhen " } When "hen hen then work was first started startedon started.on startedon . on the structure difficultiesin difficultiesm difficulties m in driving dnvmg wooden piling plhng were wereencountered wereencountered encountered immediately 1mmedlately as It Itwould itwould itwould would not penetrate the hard hardshale underlying underlymg the river bed bedSteel bedSteel bedSteel Steel I beams ' were 'were then substI substItuted substituted substituted tuted for the wood piling pllmg and andhave andhave andlave have proved quite satlsafctory satisafctory satisafctoryalthough , although progress has been slow slowThe slowThe slowThe The steel p ling lmg are driven dnven to a adepth adepth adepth depth of from frol11 13 to 16 feet below be below below low the surface of the water and andare andare andare are reenforced above the water waterwith waterwith waterwith with large cross barsLast barsLast bars barsLast Last week after encounteringso encountermgso encountermg encountering so many difficulties the sItua sItuahon situation situation hon tion was discussed by officialsand officials officialsand officialsand and it lt was decided to purchase purchasean an army Bailey Barley bridge bndge and set It Itup itup itup up so that traffic traffJC could conhnue continue conhnueh continuewh continuewh \\h h wh \ \ Ie le repairs were being bemg made madeThrough madeThrough madeThrough Through the aid of Senator EI E1 EIbert E1bert Elbert bert D Thomas the army soldthe sold soldthe soldthe the state a Bailey Barley bridge bndge and It ItIS itis itis IS en route to Greennver Greenrrver from fromTennessee fromTennessee fromTennessee Tennessee However since smce it ap appears appears appears pears that the bridge bndge repairs wIll wIllbe willbe willbe be completed within wlthm the next day nextday or two the Balle Bailee Barley bndge bridge bndgewill bridgewill bridgewill will probably be stored for use usem usein usein m in CaptEll CaptEJI CaptEl any future emergence emergenc emergency ) Capt EJI El ] ot of of the US U S army engmeers engineers engmeerswas engineerswas engineerswas was in 111 Greennver Greenrrver to inspect mspect thesituation tne the tnesItuatIon tnesituation sItuatIon and to supervise superVJse the themstaJIatIon theinstallation theinstallation mstaJIatIon installation bridgeIn brJdgeIn of the army arm } ) bridge brJdge In the meantime Green nver river nvervalley rivervalley rivervalley valley is not only suffering suffermg agreat agreat a agreat busmessbut businessbut great loss of trarip trade and aru3 busmess business hucinoc'e hucinoce ' . but aho also al o a loss .in in m . the l11elon melon l11eloncrop meloncrop meloncrop greatest crop which makes up the great est part of the income of thIS thISsmall thissmall thissmall small farming farmmg district dIstnct The an annual annual annual nual shipping shIppmg of the melon crop has crophas been delayed because of the thecoJIapse thecollapse thecollapse coJIapse collapse greatnumber of the bridge bndge as a great number of the farmers who whogrow grow melons to be shipped . through shipped.through shippedthrough the packing pachmg shed are areon areon areon on the east side of the river and andare andare andare theirfast are unable to transport theU their " fast ripening TJpenmg crop to the west westsIde westside westside sIde surelybe for shipment It will surely be a great relief to all the farm farm- farmers farmers farmers - ers to have the bridge bndge completed |