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COPYRIGHT 2005 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News
By Amy Dorsett, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 28--For decades, the Hays Street Bridge ferried residents from the East Side to downtown, allowing them to avoid railroad tracks. Now, the bridge is looking for some support of its own.
The Hays Street Bridge Restoration Group -- a grass-roots network of neighborhood groups, engineers, the city, the San Antonio Conservation Society and bridge preservationists -- is holding its first fund-raiser Wednesday. Organizers hope the event raises awareness of the bridge, its history and plans for its future.
The bridge was built as two truss bridges in 1887 and originally used as a narrow-gauge railroad bridge over the...
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