KINGS HIGHWAY BRIDGE DEDICATION

 A RIBBON CUTTING MARKED THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE KINGS HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER PERRY CREEK ON SIOUX CITY'S NORTHSIDE FRIDAY MORNING.

CITY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CHRIS PAYER SAYS THE NEW BRIDGE REPLACES ONE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1935:

WHILE THE BRIDGE WAS OUT, NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS HAD TO TAKE A LONG DETOUR TO GET TO HAMILTON BOULEVARD.

90 YEAR OLD STANLEY SWANSON IS ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO IS HAPPY TO HAVE THE NEW BRIDGE IN PLACE:

SWANSON SAYS HE DOES MISS THE OLD BRIDGE THOUGH, AND HOPES TRAFFIC WILL DRIVE AT A SAFE SPEED PAST HIS HOUSE OVER THE NEW BRIDGE.

ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING WORK WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT SPRING.  THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT WAS ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.