PITTSTON, Pa. (AP) - Officials in northeastern Pennsylvania plan to seek funding to demolish a deteriorating railroad bridge across the Susquehanna River.
The Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday approved a plan to take back ownership of the abandoned Coxton bridge in Exeter Township upstream of Pittston.
The state Department of Environmental Protection has said the span is in danger of collapse, posing a flooding hazard in the middle of the river.
Authority members approved buying the bridge for $1 from its current owner and applying for a $1 million Community Development Block Grant for disaster recovery funding, which state officials say is justified because of damage in Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in 2011.
The authority also approved entering into an agreement with the flood protection authority to dismantle the unused bridge.
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