Jubilation reigned across southern Chester County as motorists realized that the State Street bridge in Avondale has been reopened after nearly a year.
I was invited to an impromptu celebration at the bridge at 6 p.m. June 21, just minutes after the barriers came down, and drivers were honking their horns, whooping and pumping their fists in delight.
The bridge is a tiny one but is on a key road leading to schools and new developments, so during the reconstruction drivers had to take lengthy detours and traffic backed up in unexpected "downstream" places like downtown West Grove and even Jennersville. Everyone seems to have a story of how the closure inconvenienced them, from dealing with an onslaught of cars on their normally quiet road to allotting more time for daily errands.
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