Bridging the restoration gap
Landmark to link history with new retail district
BETHANY — The 82-year-old bridge — rusty but still sturdy — links Tom Hoskison 's memories and his plans.
Hoskison, Bethany's economic development consultant, was a passenger in his family's Model A Ford that crossed the bridge over Lake Overholser many times as a boy. His parents and sisters worked as migrant fruit pickers and farm laborers in the 1940s.
The bridge took them along State Highway 66, the...
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