Amtrak completes bridge work in Connecticut
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NEW LONDON, Conn. — Amtrak has resumed regular service between New York and Boston after completing work on a 90-year-old bridge in Connecticut. Workers installed a new vertical lift span on the Thames River Bridge between New London and Groton last week. Amtrak says upgrading the bridge was one of its largest-ever engineering projects, which spanned several years and cost $83 million. Last year, more than 2 million people crossed the bridge, which serves up to 36 passenger trains and two freight trains a day. The drawbridge span opens for marine traffic more than 1,600 times a year. Amtrak says the bridge is scheduled to open to marine traffic by July 10. -- The Associated Press 
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