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State Route 211 at Fernbridge in Humboldt County is expected to reopen as early as 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21. Crews will be on-site to control the flow of traffic on both ends of the bridge.

Cynthia Larsen is a litigation attorney who’s been with the Orrick law firm since 1986. Its offices at 400 Capitol Mall overlook the Tower Bridge, whose 738-foot span across the Sacramento River connects Sacramento to West Sacramento. Larsen says when the bridge’s color changed from a tired ocher to its vibrant gold in 2002, “I loved it. It went from being something I took for granted to something I enjoyed looking at every day. So enchanting.” Bruce Monighan, urban de...