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New federal standards have resulted in renewed load limits on a recently reconstructed Marshall Road bridge in Branch County.

Reconstruction of the Central Road bridge is part of a five-bridge state package, with work expected to begin next summer.

GIRARD TWP., MI — Two years after a $598,814 reconstruction of the Marshall Road bridge across Hog Creek in Girard Township, load limit signs are back.

Branch County Road Commission Manager Jay Miller said, “A change in federal standards is what happened," limiting loads to 47 tons.

Miller said the other 77 listed bridges on Branch County roads are under more scrutiny, which resulted in the closure of the Log Road bridge in Bethel Township on June 3.

Miller said federal officials directed the Michigan Department of Tran

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