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won with a low bid of $41,687 The work was estimated to involve less than 50 unskilled laborers making 30 cents an hour, half the workers to be from Orange County and the other half from Madison County.
By mid-February 1934, two concrete piers had been poured, abutments were in place, ten-feet of banking had been cut through on the Orange County side so new approaches could be made and two curves were straightened The new bridge of three spans was a low truss bridge, i.e., no top. Toward the end of April 1934, concrete, iron work, and excavations for the approaches had been completed, with the remaining work being the macadamizing of the new roadway on both sides, and painting of the iron work of the bridge. The new bridge was opened to traffic on Tuesday, May 15, 1934.
In the meantime, people were angling to make use of the old 1882 bridge.
This will be the subject of the last article on the Tapp's Ford Bridge.
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