Menifee市「自由桥」正式开通：365英尺跨盐溪新桥终结Bradley路逢雨必淹
位于加利福尼亚州河滨县的 Menifee 市10月13日举行仪式，庆祝 Bradley Road 上的「自由桥」（Freedom Bridge）正式落成开通。市府表示，这座桥已于10月1日下午5时先行开放通车。
自由桥全长365英尺，横跨盐溪（Salt Creek），工程造价1,600万美元，资金由联邦、州、县与地方多级来源共同承担，包括 Menifee 市的「生活品质措施」（Quality of Life Measure）资金、联邦资金、河滨县防洪局资金，以及州「地方交通气候适应计划」（LTCAP）拨款。该桥原名「Bradley 路盐溪大桥」，近期由市议会依据市退伍军人与军属顾问委员会的建议更名为「自由桥」，以此向军人与退伍军人致敬。
市府指出，Bradley Road 在盐溪一带地势低洼，过去每逢降雨便因溪水上涨被迫封路，驾驶人甚至冒险穿过流水通行。新桥通车后，这条南北向通道将保持全天候畅通，也有助于缩短警察、消防等急救人员的响应时间。市府资料显示，该桥自2013年起便列入市政建设计划，历经十余年的筹措与建设最终完工。
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Menifee's Freedom Bridge Officially Opens: 365-Foot Span over Salt Creek Ends Bradley Road's Rainy-Day Closures
The City of Menifee, in Riverside County, California, held a ceremony on October 13 to celebrate the official opening of the Freedom Bridge on Bradley Road. The city said the bridge had already opened to traffic at 5 p.m. on October 1.
The Freedom Bridge is 365 feet long and spans Salt Creek. The $16 million project was fully funded through a combination of federal, state, county and local sources, including the City of Menifee's Quality of Life Measure, federal funds, the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and the state Local Transportation Climate Adaptation Program (LTCAP). Formerly known as the Bradley Road Bridge over Salt Creek, the span was recently renamed the Freedom Bridge by the City Council, based on a recommendation from the city's Veterans and Military Families Advisory Committee, to honor the veteran and military community.
The city notes that Bradley Road at Salt Creek has a history of flooding that regularly forced the road to close during rain events, with motorists at times driving through moving water. The new bridge restores reliable north-south connectivity on Bradley Road and will help ensure faster response times for first responders. City materials show the bridge had been on the city's capital program since 2013, reaching completion after more than a decade of planning and construction.
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图片来源：Menifee 市境内的盐溪（Salt Creek）河道（资料图）：「自由桥」即横跨此溪。Seauton 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Salt Creek in Menifee (file photo); the Freedom Bridge spans this creek. Photo by Seauton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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