The Albion River Bridge made the front page of The New York Times‘ National news section with a detailed article by Times reporter Carol Pogash.

Aging Bridge in California Needs All the Support It Can Get

By CAROL POGASH, MARCH 20, 2015

ALBION, Calif. — Sometimes, a bridge is more than a way to get from here to there.

In this ruggedly beautiful town overlooking the Pacific Ocean, residents want to save the Albion River Bridge because they say it defines them. But state officials say the bridge — the last wooden bridge on California’s coastal highway — is too narrow, is too expensive to maintain and would be too vulnerable in a major earthquake. They want to replace it with an arched concrete structure, but a vocal group of residents objects.

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