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Feds award $500 million grant for major new Harrisburg bridge that had been set for tolling

Two years ago, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation was pursuing tolls to raise money to replace the South Bridge on Interstate 83 in Dauphin County because it couldn’t afford the project. A lawsuit filed by communities who opposed tolling stopped the upgrade to the bridge, which is in one of the country’s major freight corridors. […]