Concession 6/7 bridge gets a name

The man given the honour last month of cutting the ribbon at the new, wider bridge on Concession 6/7 outside Cochrane has now been honoured with the bridge being named for him.

George Struyk, who is 92, lives nearby.  He and his neighbours spent two years during construction detouring around it.

On Tuesday, the town of Cochrane made it official, giving the bridge Struyk’s name.

Bob McIntyre
Bob McIntyre
News Director at the cluster of Vista radio stations that has Country 93.1 Timmins and Moose FM in Iroquois Falls, Cochrane, Kapuskasing and Hearst, as well as MyTimminsNow.com, MyCochraneNow.com and MyKapHearstNow.com . Proud to be born and raised in this area and glad to be home since 2018, after 18 years away.

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