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Jan 2, 2008 12:07 pm US/Eastern

North Shore Bridge Closed For 2nd Time In Month

BEVERLY (WBZ) ― For the second time in the last two weeks, a problem with a rail bridge in Beverly halted commuter trains on the Newburyport/Rockport line during rush hour.

MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said a mechanical failure prevented the drawbridge from being placed in a locked position to allow trains to cross.

It was shut down for several hours. It re-opened just before noon Wednesday after crews replaced a drive shaft. He says the same part was replaced in July and was expected to last more than 10 years.

Pesaturo says investigators will try to determine if the failure was related to a barge accident last month.

The bridge over the Danvers River was struck by a barge on December 21, knocking it out of commission for parts of two days.

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