Mistake puts Tobacco Trail bridge behind schedule  March 28,
2013 2:42:45 PM PDT Trail advocate Curt Devereux has been
fighting for a pedestrian bridge over I-40 - linking the two
halves of the American Tobacco Trail - since 2005.  "A lot of
delays, there have been many delays," said Devereux.  Now, just
when construction seemed well underway, there's new trouble.
"What we've identified here is an error in the survey. And we
have bridge piers that are 2.5 feet too high and they need to be
adjusted to accommodate the rest of the bridge design,"
explained Tasha Johnson with Durham Public Works.  So this week,
construction crews are cutting down the bridge's support piers.
Luckily, they caught the mistake moments before pouring concrete
that would've created a costlier problem.  "It would not have
worked with the current design. We would have had to go back and
redesign the whole bridge structure," said Johnson.  It wouldn't
have been the first time the city had to go back to the drawing
board. From funding to