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    :: Thursday, March 13, 2008 ::

    Metal thieves on I-5 Bridge find only fiber - The Columbian, WA
    “The presumption is, if they were trying to cut through the conduit, they were probably looking to pull 150 feet of copper wire,” said Dave Thompson, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Transportation.

    “The irony,” Thompson said, “is it’s all fiber optic. There’s no copper wire on the Interstate Bridge.”
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