7/21/2009
MEDIA ADVISORY: Gov. Otter to lead groundbreaking ceremony to replace a bridge national media calls one of the worst in country
BOISE - Governor
C.L. "Butch" Otter will lead a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, July 22 at 11 a.m.
(PDT) in Dover for a bridge Popular
Mechanics and The History Channel
consider one of the worst in America.
The 72-year-old Dover Bridge on U.S. 2 has a sufficiency
rating of 3 on a scale of 100 and is a safety risk and a commercial bottleneck
on one of the major east-west routes in northern Idaho.
The narrow, restricted bridge over railroad tracks will be
replaced with a five-lane structure, 72-feet wide, and 1,200 feet long. The
$21.6 million project is funded with federal stimulus money and is projected to
sustain or create approximately 400 jobs.
The ceremony will be held below the Dover Bridge near the
corner of Railroad Avenue and Mill Street. Signs will be posted on U.S. 2 east
and west of the bridge guiding those attending the ceremony.
Gov. Otter and other event participants will be available
following the groundbreaking to address your questions.
Camera crews are asked to arrive no later than 10:50 a.m. For your convenience, an area will be reserved for you to set cameras.
MEDIA RESOURCES:
Video/photos:
Video clips and photos of the ceremony will be available on Wednesday, July 22 after 1:30
p.m. (PDT) for downloading from the Idaho Transportation Department's FTP site:
ftp://ftp1.idaho.gov
Log on with the user name itdcommu and use the password
W39gy7D2 to download video of the event. For those who do not have the FTP software, the video and photos can
be retrieved from http://itd.idaho.gov/Groundbreaking/index.asp
Video from The History
Channel series "The Crumbling of America," featuring the Dover Bridge
also will be available for download.
Radio: Audio clips from the Wednesday, July 22 ceremony will be e-mailed directly to radio stations following the ceremony.
For further assistance, contact the ITD Office of Communication at (208) 334-8005.