ENLARGE
An American Bridge employee sandblasts a tub girder at the Reedsport facility in this file photo from 2006. Employment at American Bridge shrank from 110 workers in 2007 to just 22 today partly because transportation to the plant was limited by the closure of the Coos Bay rail line.
American Bridge once employed 110 workers at its Reedsport fabrication plant before the rail line between Coos Bay and Eugene was closed; company officials hope for better times when the line reopens next spring.
To continue reading this article, a web site subscription is required.




News




