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Tractor Trailer Magnet Mt. Orne Bridge Struck Again

WGN 29-04-08/45-05-03

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Lancaster. NH, May 27, 2010 - The Mount Orne covered bridge crossing the Connecticut River at Lunenburg, Vermont and Lancaster New Hampshire, was closed this morning after being damaged by a tractor-trailer truck.

The perp was spotted and reported to police by a Lunenburg resident who saw him picking pieces of wood from his truck.

For the story, go to: http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Tractor+trailer+closes+historic+Lancaster+covered+bridge&articleId=17156d96-3dcf-4a03-8703-38f861e6af6e.

[Our thanks to Tom Keating for finding this article. This is far from the first time the Mount Orne Bridge has eaten a tractor trailer. For those stories and photos, go to http://www.vermontbridges.com/lanc_eats_truck.htm - Ed.]

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