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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session JSENATE 116-64
RESTORE THE HARMONY WAY BRIDGE ACT
JULY 23, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BARRASSO, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1833]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 1833) to transfer a bridge over the Wabash
River to the New Harmony River Bridge Authority and the New
Harmony and Wabash River Bridge Authority, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
The Harmony Way Bridge is a two-lane bridge that connects Illi-
nois Route 14 with Indiana State Road 66 across the Wabash
River. The bridge opened in 1930, but was permanently closed on
May 21, 2012 after inspections revealed the aging bridge was un-
safe for traffic. The bridge is owned by the White County Bridge
Commission (Commission), a federal entity. The Commission origi-
nally intended to convey ownership of the bridge to either Illinois
or Indiana, but conveyance never occurred. Since the bridge's per-
manent closure in 2012, local entities have expressed significant in-
terest in acquiring legal ownership of the bridge in order to make
potential investment and repair determinations.
This bill transfers ownership of the Harmony Way Bridge from
the Commission to Illinois and Indiana via the New Harmony
River Bridge Authority and the New Harmony and Wabash River
Bridge Authority. Upon conveyance, the 1941 federal statute cre-
ating the Commission is repealed.
OBJECTIVES OF THE LEGISLATION
The objectives of S. 1833 are to transfer ownership the Harmony
Way Bridge from the Commission to the New Harmony River
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