The George N. Wade Memorial Bridge, also known as the North Bridge, carries

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. Bridge construction began in the late 1960s and was completed in the early 1970s.George Wade Bridge Rehabilitation Project, Dauphin County
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, retrieved February 25, 2010. The bridge is long and varies in width from to . It carries six lanes of traffic and has two collector road and five ramp connections. Average daily traffic counts for this section of I-81 are nearly 32,000 vehicles in each direction. A $36.5 million rehabilitation of the bridge began in 2009 and was scheduled to be completed in early 2012.

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Wade Wade, WADE, or Wades may refer to: Places in the United States * Wade, California, a former settlement * Wade, Maine, a town * Wade, Mississippi, a census-designated place * Wade, North Carolina, a town * Wade, Ohio, an unincorporated communi ...

Bridges over the Susquehanna River Bridges completed in 1970 Road bridges in Pennsylvania Interstate 81 Bridges on the Interstate Highway System {{HarrisburgPA-stub

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