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Middlebury’s Main Street Temporary Bridge Reopens; Foot Traffic Resumes The Main Street temporary bridge in downtown was reopened on Aug. 7, by late afternoon/early evening. A new pedestrian bridge has been installed, allowing foot traffic to resume on Main Street. Main Street will be open to all travelers. Merchants Row remains closed as the construction crew installs a temporary bridge over the railroad. Merchants Row re-opened to one-way vehicular traffic (in an easterly direction headed up the hill towards N. and S.
Pleasant Street) in mid-August. The temporary bridges, constructed by the Vermont Agency of Transportation, will ensure the safety of travelers until a permanent bridge is built in 2018 through 2020. A “Main Street Express” downtown shuttle service will take people around the Main Street construction zone. The 14-passenger shuttle will make a continuous loop downtown during its 10 hours of daily service. It will pick see BrIdgES page 6