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This past August marked the end of the first year of work and near completion of the first phase of the new Newport Avenue Bridge in busy South Attleboro, Mass., at the Pawtucket, R.I., line. P. Gioioso & Sons Inc. of Hyde Park, Mass., is the general contractor on the project, which was bid in March 2008 and saw its first earth moved in August. 2008. “We are reconstructing the bridge in three phases, in order to maintain the existing traffic flow,” said Joseph Gioioso, project manager of P. Gioioso & Sons. “Phase 1 will be complete in 2009 and the completion date for the entire project is August 2011.” Gioioso said the estimated cost of the entire project would be $8,732,000.

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