New Bridge Between Maine and New Hampshire Opens
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Just like she did 90 years ago, former Portsmouth Mayor Eileen Foley is cutting a ribbon to open the Memorial Bridge between New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine.
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Foley was five years old when she was picked out of the crowd on Aug. 17, 1923, to open the original bridge.
That bridge cost $2 million and was dedicated to the sailors and soldiers of New Hampshire from World War I. The new bridge being celebrated Thursday cost $81.4 million.
Officials from both states are attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony, including New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan, Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
The original bridge closed in 2011.
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