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Show lU URGE BRIDGE OVCR THE OHIO RIVER Paducah, Ky., Feb. 9. There are to Impediments now standing in the wu of the double track railroad brldgo fo be built ocr tho Ohio river 12 mlLss below here, marking a long stop in the race of transcontinental trunk lines to secure diicct connection wth gulf ports in anticipation of the opening open-ing of the Panama canal. Plans for tho structure wore announced here today. to-day. Bids will be opened March !o, and the contract for the construction will be let within thirty days thereafter. there-after. The bridge Is to be built jointly by the Burlington, which .nitiated the enterprise; en-terprise; the Illinois Central, the Louisville Lou-isville &. Nashville, the Frisco and Big Four railroads. It will cost $3.-G00.000 $3.-G00.000 and another mill. on will bo spent in constructing terminal facilities facil-ities nnd shops. oo |