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Wed 11 Nov 2006State gets close to buying West-Link toll bridgeThe Government's negotiations to buy the West-Link toll bridge in Dublin from the private company which operates it are believed to be close to conclusion for a price in the region of €600 million.This is at the upper end of the price range mooted when the negotiations started with National Toll Roads (NTR), and it could rise still higher.