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For the second time in less than a week, a hole opened on an East River bridge yesterday, snarling the evening rush. The culprit is pounding from heavy trucks, including an unknown number loaded beyond legal weight limits, according to city Department of Transportation officials.
They said truck traffic on the Manhattan Bridge, where the hole in the upper roadway was discovered about 2 p.m., probably doubled in the past week after the city banned Brooklyn-bound trucks from the Williamsburg Bridge during construction.
But even as they stood on...