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The new $2.6 million Kahkwa Bridge in Erie, Pennsylvania, replaces a 101-year-old structurally unsound bridge.

Construction began in February 2025 and faced delays due to funding gaps and resident concerns.

A $300,000 donation from a local resident helped secure the necessary funding for the project.

As Frontier-area neighbors, elected officials, city workers and others gathered near the new Kahkwa Bridge on Erie's west side, 81-year-old Judy Emling walked across its fresh concrete sidewalks.

As Emling sees it, the $2.6 million bridge was money well spent.

"I think that this is fabulous. I am thrilled beyond words," said Emling, an avid runner and Erie Yacht Club member who grew up on Vermont Avenue in the Frontier area and still runs through the neighborhood's st

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