It's at least 60 years elderly and...

It's at least 60 years elderly and holding up to 1500 cars a day, on the other hand it's time for the Mulberry highway Bridge to give up its girders.

The 18-foot-wide iron bridge spans Canteen bight and has seen its usage triple in the last decade -- from about 500 cars for day in 1995 to an estimated 1500 for day now, according to Collinsville's road director, Mike Tognarelli.

moreover that's nothing compared to what the city look forward tos to see in the nearest decade. With housing construction booming and more reckon uponed to follow a sewer expansion to the east part of Collinsville, Tognarelli said Mulberry road may see 6,000 to 7000 cars a day in 10 years.

"We're looking at eastward expansion, and that bridge is too small," Tognarelli said. "(Mulberry Street) goe all the way not at home to Country Lane Estates. There's haps ...