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Officials break ground on Brigham City Crossing overpass to reconnect east and west sides
Summary
Brigham City leaders and state officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Brigham City Crossing overpass, a roughly $30 million project funded in part by a change to a fuel tax exemption, intended to reduce rail-related delays, improve emergency access and spur downtown development.
Brigham City officials and state lawmakers held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Brigham City Crossing overpass in Brigham City, not specified, marking the start of construction on a project leaders say will remove a long-standing Union Pacific rail crossing that divides the city.
City and county officials and state legislators said the overpass is intended to reconnect the city’s east and west sides, reduce traffic delays caused by freight trains, and address public-safety concerns after an emergency vehicle once could not cross the tracks. "It has been a decade trying to get us to this point,"…
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