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UT Helps Localities Build Timber Bridges

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Local governments can save money by replacing small, weakened concrete and steel bridges in rural areas with ones made of timber, two University of Tennessee researchers said Thursday. Dr. Paul Winistorfer, a UT-Knoxville forestry professor, and Dr. Richard Bennett, an engineering professor, are writing a guidebook on how to do it. Numerous