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"A preliminary design for a new bridge across the Sacramento River is expected by this fall, city officials said Wednesday.Officials in Sacramento and West Sacramento learned earlier this month they have won a $77 million federal grant to help construct the crossing.It will likely be built just upstream from the existing I Street Bridge.The I Street Bridge is more than 100 years old and has narrow traffic lanes and sidewalks that drivers and pedestrians have said make it dangerous.A new bridge is expected to cost between $80 and $100 million, said Linda Tucker, spokeswoman for the city of Sacramento.Tucker said the remaining cost would likely be split by the two cities.She said a consultant will soon be hired to design the bridge and conduct an environmental review.She said the bridge was expected to be completed in 2018.The I Street Bridge would continue to carry train traffic.A study completed in 2011 concluded that any new bridge over the Sacramento River would likely be a fixed bridge, rising 55 feet above the river's high-water mark to accommodate boat traffic.The study said a drawbridge would likely cost twice as much."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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