Devin Byers, left, 37, of Sarver, and Shawn Coddington, 52, of Butler, install a fence Wednesday, Sept. 21, along the newly reopened West Brady Street bridge in Butler, The men, who work for Penn Fencing, fit fence pieces around pipes and the bridge sides. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Eugene Ludwik and Kayla Lortie were standing outside their home on West Brady Street when a minivan approached from down the street, driven by a particularly excited person.

“The bridge is open, the bridge is open,” the driver cheered.

The bridge on West Brady Street opened as of Wednesday morning, after being closed since January for crews to replace the old 20 foot long structure with a concrete block bridge and a larger culvert for water to flow through.

While the bridge’s reopening will provide a shorter route for people crossing from Main Street to Mercer Street or vice-versa, some concerns have returned to the residents living on the cusp of the bridge.

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