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The Crysler Avenue bridge over train tracks between Lexington Avenue and Elm Street in Independence has been closed for more than a year.

Its a blessing and a curse for Mark Pace whose high-end bicycle sales and repair shop, Pace Bicycle Haven, sits at the northeast corner of the bridge.

We hope it'll be closed for years and years, but most of my customers would rather not, Pace, who lives above the bicycle shop with his wife and their dogs, said Tuesday morning.

Passing motorists were not shy about expressing their frustration as I interviewed Pace and city officials, stopping to ask when it would reopen or shouting some version of fix the bridge.

Every time buses or trucks roll across here, it shakes our entire building more than a train does, Pace sai

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