The bridge, on Trunk 3, is down to one lane and temporary traffic lights have been installed.
Bill Thurston with Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in Yarmouth says it’s an old structure and what people don’t see is the underneath where the concrete is falling off and the reinforcement is beginning to show.
He says work is expected to begin in the very near future.
We should see construction begin late summer or early fall. They’re going to have to replace the entire bridge so in order to keep traffic going we’re going to have to do part of a lane at a time.”
The tender closed on June 30.
Thurston says the bridge in Arcadia is tidal and there’s a lot of force put against the structure.
