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April 18, 2006

Bridge Blog: Shivering, singing and waiting

From projo.com's demolition correspondent Kate Bramson:

On the small public beach at the end of South Ferry Road, hundreds of people are sitting on beach chairs, on blankets and braving the wind.

The wind is strong and loud -- so loud that the people here may not hear the explosion, according to DOT experts, said Dick Horn, the executive director of the URI Transportation Center.

At 10 a.m., Horn had just finished counting cars on campus. He said there were just under 300.

"Those cars," he said, "were just full of people."

"The age range was really impressive, from really young to quite old," he said.

The last Horn heard from DOT officials, the explosion is set for 10:45 a.m. -- as long as all goes as planned. The wind is heading in the right direction -- away from the new Jamestown-Verrazano Bridge,and south toward this beach, where people are shivering, talking and singing.

Sitting under a blanket, Tanner and Emily Buterbaugh are practicing their songs for the North Kingstown Recreation Department's upcoming Sound of Music perfromance.

Posted by Jack Perry  at 10:25 AM | Permalink

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