The late William “Bill” Humphrey might have been a local icon in the New Castle sports world, but to the Lawrence County commissioners, he was just as big of an icon when it came to taking care of the safety of the county’s 27 bridges.

That is only one of many reasons they have seen fit to rename a bridge in his memory.

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