PIERRE, (KCCR) — Officials gathered this week to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new John C. Waldron Memorial Bridge. Jensen Construction built the bridge with a slew of local contractors. Lynette Rasmussen with Jensen says completion of the bridge is bittersweet because it’s the last bridge they’ll build…
The bridge had an estimated cost of 50 million dollars but Rasmussen says it was more than that…
Rasmussen seemed to imply with state and local officials standing nearby that the bridge brought the end of the company…
Construction of the new bridge was delayed significantly by difficulties drilling for the bridge’s support structures. Rasmussen apologies for those delays at the beginning of her comments at the ceremony.
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