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Bridgeport's Pleasure Beach reopens

WSHU | By Tarice L.S. Gray
Published June 29, 2014 at 12:18 PM EDT
Tarice L.S. Gray

A recreational peninsula off the coast of Bridgeport that has been closed to the public for nearly 20 years has reopened.

Credit Tarice L.S. Gray
A view of a bridge that used to connect Pleasure Beach to Bridgeport. A portion of the bridge caught fire and burned down in 1996.

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