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More Details On Opening Of Gay Street Bridge

Its been confirmed that the Gay St. Bridge will reopen on Friday, October 16th. From an email I received:
We’ve confirmed with PennDOT that the opening of the Gay Street Bridge will be at 11:00 on Friday, October 16. PennDOT is in the process of sending invitations to all of the elected officials at all levels. It is my understanding that Les Toaso who is the District Executive for District 6 will be the MC for the ceremonies.

We are working with PennDOT to pull all of the logistics together. At this time we are planning to have the ribbon cutting at the center of the bridge. We are looking to have dignitaries and guests to gather at both ends of the bridge. At the designated time the procession will come from both ends and meet in the middle for the ceremonies and ribbon cutting.

We are working on everything from entertainment to classic cars. The biggest thing is getting the word out so that we have as large an audience as possible. As we get more information we will continue to put that onto our website and the government access channel. PennDOT will handle the formal press release and other media aspects
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OOTHECA said…
The title says October 16th but the text says October 11th. Perhaps the 11th is really the grand opening of Wegmans et al. in Collegeville.
10/6/09, 9:22 AM
Anonymous said…
the 11th is a Sun. So is the bridge opening on Fri the 9th. or Sun the 11th?
10/6/09, 9:29 AM
JW said…
typo on my part, the opening of the bridge is the 16th.
10/6/09, 10:06 AM
Washington Washington said…
Have you seen the detour sign?

http://oneninefoursixzero.com/gay-pedestrian-detour-to-end-oct-16-when-bridge-reopens/
10/7/09, 8:39 PM
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