Tuesday, September 13, 2011

New Youngs Bay Bridge to close for maintenance

The New Youngs Bay Bridge in Astoria will be closed at least one night during September 21-23 and September 27-28 to allow ODOT to perform a bridge maintenance operation.

The bridge closure will be from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Normal traffic will be instructed to detour onto Highway 105. Loaded trucks that cannot go over the Lewis and Clark Bridge will use Fort Clatsop Road and Lewis and Clark Road.

ODOT crews will be greasing the counter weight and span cables. While the bridge will be closed for only one night, multiple dates were needed so crews could provide the necessary notification in case of bad weather.

Photo courtesy ODOT

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