The Lord Selkirk Bridge in Wallaceburg is to be closed for a couple of days at the beginning of July.
Infrastructure and Engineering Services officials with the Municipality of Chatham-Kent says all lanes of the bridge will be closed on Monday, July 6, 2020 and Tuesday, July 7, 2020 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.
“The bridge will re-open in the evenings after 7 p.m.,” Municipal officials stated in a media release.
The reason for the closure is for bridge balancing work.
Detours will be setup while the work is taking place.
Highway 40 and heavy traffic are asked to take Murray Street (Hwy 40), Base Line, Old Glass Road, Mason Street, Arnold Street and Dufferin Avenue
Local and commercial traffic are being asked to use Dufferin Avenue, Wellington Street, Fork Street, Margaret Avenue, Murray Street (Hwy 40) and Reaume Avenue.
The bridge underwent a $5.3-million rehabilitation last year.
