Load restrictions on Paint River bridges will remain in place until next year

By Allison Joy IRON RIVER — Load restrictions put in place on bridges over the north and south branches of the Paint River on Forest Highway 16 will likely remain in place until the middle of next year.  Those restrictions — 30 tons at the north branch of Paint River and 35 at the south branch — were put in place following a January inspection by Ayers, a construction engineering firm with…