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I need you guys' advice too. In honor of Irving’s tale, the village of North Tarrytown renamed itself Sleepy Hollow in 1996 The Headless Horseman Bridge is gone, but this one leads to the old Dutch church where Ichabod Crane was chased by the ghost in Irving’s tale I can understand the sentence in the first line. but from the second line it's too much confusing. especially, 'The headless horseman bridge is gone' What does that mean? It that bridge broken or collapsed?

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The Headless Horseman Bridge is gone = It means that " headless horseman bridge" does not exist any more. (yes you are right it may have collapsed or broken) but this one leads to the old Dutch church = This bridge (other than the " headless horsemen bridge") goes to the old Dutch church Where Ichabod Crane was chased by the ghost in Irving’s tale = this one you can understand yourself. The full meaning of the second sentence should be like this--- The Headless Horseman Bridge does not exist any more but going through this bridge you can get to the old dutch church where Ichabod Crane was chased by the ghost in Irving’s tale
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Hello Shane: "The Headless Horseman Bridge is gone, but this one leads to the old Dutch church where Ichabod Crane was chased by the ghost in Irving’s tale." It means that there is no bridge. North Tarrytown does not have a bridge, and possibly never had one to begin with. However, the town can profit from tourist dollars if traveler's choose to drive through the town. There is also a confusing word in the sentence, showing it to be a poorly composed sentences. "One" has no object. The sentence may have been separated from a previous sentence which was about a "road" or even a road with a bridge on it; but suffice it to say, The road in North Tarrytown probably never even had a bridge, but if an old wooden bridge was once in North Tarrytown, it has long since been replaced with a modern Steel and Concrete structure. .

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