Sentence examples for closed the bridges from inspiring English sources

The roads were and still are closed, the bridges still down, the fields still lakes, but it seemed the worst was over.

However, county officials closed the bridge abruptly in May after it failed a safety inspection.

Unfortunately, the Israeli Army had closed the bridge to almost everybody.

Just the day before, he told us, they had suddenly closed the bridge completely.

Mr. Karimov closed the bridge in 1996 as the Taliban consolidated its hold over Afghanistan.

The Israelis closed the bridge on Monday because they considered it unsafe and wanted to replace it.

Mr. Lavorgna said the department closed the bridge and dispatched its repair contractor to fix the pier.

"As soon as they closed the bridge down, we lost about half of our clientele," he said.

In July 1996, city officials closed the bridge's four Brooklyn-bound traffic lanes for a two-year overhaul, snarling traffic throughout the Lower East Side.

Mr. Shepard, the town supervisor in Lloyd, was a volunteer firefighter on May 8 , 1974 when the blaze that closed the bridge broke out.

After the railway closed the bridge was demolished and for years a long, steep detour put most people off riding the route.