Following an overrun by almost two months, the 30 feet wide Sussex Street Bridge opened to vehicular traffic yesterday with no fanfare and ceremony.Traffic detour signs were taken down and the heavy duty vehicles that were used to cover the concrete bridge with asphalt making it usable by vehicles simply rolled off the bridge at noon,
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