Brunswick bridge delayed again, until 2003

BRUNSWICK - More delays for the new Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick. <br> <br> The state Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that the $110 million bridge won&#39;t be ready until 2003. It had been scheduled to open next month. <br> <br> Brunswick&#39;s troubled bridge over the Brunswick River&#39;s placid water will open at least two years behind schedule - after seven years of construction. <br> <br> For commuters, the bridge can&#39;t open soon enough. The 46-year-old drawbridge now used opens up to 20 times daily to allow ships to pass through to Brunswick&#39;s port, snarling car traffic at either end. The Coast Guard declared the narrow passage a hazard in 1991. <br> <br> The new bridge will be suspended by steel cables that fan out from 480-foot towers like a pair of giant sails. It arcs 180 feet above the river to allow large ships to pass underneath.

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