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🌱 How safe is the narrow Gervais Street Bridge you drive every day?

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  • How safe is the narrow Gervais Street Bridge you drive every day?

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 55 and low of 31 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Sun and areas of high clouds, temps: high: 61, low: 44.
  • Thursday: Cloudy; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 67 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Built in the 1920s, is Gervais Street bridge wide enough by today's standards? (thestate.com) — If you regularly cross the Gervais Street Bridge between West Columbia and downtown Columbia, those tight lanes you feel are indeed narrower than modern standards recommend. Built in 1928 and now a protected historic structure, the bridge carries nearly 27,000 vehicles daily, and while its lanes and railings wouldn’t meet today’s design guidelines, state officials say there are no current plans to change its four-lane configuration.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Are there any Little Free Libraries in the neighborhood or elementary school teachers or even parents with young children?
    I've got a small stack of children's books in good condition that I would be happy to donate to anyone who would like them. (Nextdoor Rainbow Circle)
  • Do not play around tonight.
    Go to a warming shelter. Protect your pets! Check on your elderly neighbors. Warming centers opening across the Midlands Christmas weekend ... For… (Nextdoor Fountain Inn)
  • ABM Industries posted a job opening for Second Shift Cleaner in West Columbia. Apply here.
  • Tech Digital posted a job opening for Inventory Clerk Lv2 in West Columbia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near West Columbia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Cayce

  • We the People: Cayce's 12,000-Year Trail offers walk through history (wistv.com)

Lexington

  • Lexington County road remains dangerous despite recent repairs (wistv.com)
  • Popular Elgin ice cream shop opening second location in Lexington (postandcourier.com)
  • Lexington-Richland 5 reveals new Dutch Fork Elementary School plans (lexingtonchronicle.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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