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3:58 PM UPDATE:  Police are asking all base jumpers to stop jumping at the Perrine Bridge at this time until they've cleared the area.

Now, a second base jumper at the Perrine Bridge has been injured while jumping.

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TWIN FALLS -- Rescuers had to rappel down the face of a cliff to get to a man who fell about 25 feet Sunday. Twin Falls police say the man was sitting on a retaining wall near a visitor's center when he fell into the Snake River Canyon

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(KLIX)-Travelers on Highway 93 will notice a slight change in speed limits. The Idaho Transportation Department will be raising the speed limit in one area and move signs in another. Spokesman Nathan Jerke says the speed limit will be increased slightly from the Perrine Bridge to the new light at Golf Course Road

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(KLIX)-The Perrine Bridge will have to wait its resurfacing. The Idaho Transportation Department announced the project has been pushed back to next year. Equipment availability initially delayed the project to early fall

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As if the construction and delays on US Highway 93 north of Twin Falls wasn’t enough for motorists, the Idaho Transportation Department says there will be a bridge inspection at the Perrine Bridge Tuesday and Wednesday. 

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There is one thing that Twin Falls might be first for… having a resident who is the oldest active base jumper. 

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I remember walking by the Perrine Bridge with some friends a couple weeks ago, and hearing some odd creaking noises while traffic passed over. We made a couple comments about how it was a little disturbing to think about, but I really thought no more about it, until reading this.

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