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The Jackson Township Board of Supervisors voted unanimously at the Aug. 18 meeting to pay $4,335 for Wilson Consulting Group to inspect the South Ramona Road bridge, which hasn’t been inspected since 2001.

The bridge has dealt with more heavy wear since the detour around the Route 501 bridge over Tulpehocken Creek in Myerstown Borough. The detour started on June 23 and is expected to end when the bridge tentatively reopens on Oct. 20.

The approved detour does not include the South Ramona Road bridge, but large trucks have used the route anyway, engineer Stephen Sherk said. There is now a sign at the intersection of Route 422 and Ramona Road that says tractor-trailers should not use the road.

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