Ex. 8.3

If you live near Roaring Creek / getting around town is going to be a lot easier now // The bridge over Roaring Creek had been of great convenience to the people of the Oak Grove neighborhood for many years and it helped people get to highway 19 more quickly // However when the bridge was washed out by a flood last year / many residents of the Oak Grove neighborhood were inconvenienced and were forced to drive a lot further // Before the bridge was destroyed / it was more than 75 years old // Head of the County of Transportation Roland Lively says "The bridge was not in great shape when it was destroyed. We already had some money in the county budget for repairs. Problem was, we didn't have enough to replace the bridge. We were just going to repair it. Fortunately, some state and federal money was available, and we were able to do it a lot quicker than we had expected." // The bridge cost 7 hundred dollars to replace / the county paid 1 hundred thousand / the state paid 2 hundred thousand / and the U.S. Department of Transportation paid 4 hundred thousand // The bridge has been open for a couple of weeks now / and it spans about 33 feet over Roaring Creek Road ///