COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Travelers using 8th Street will see a traffic shift on the Fountain Creek bridge overnight Wednesday.
According to the City of Colorado Springs, the work is part of the 8th Street Project, and the west side of the bridge will be closed so crews can continue bridge rehabilitation. Work will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, and it is expected to end around 5 a.m. Thursday.
Northbound traffic will have one lane open across the bridge, and southbound will have two lanes open.
The city says this phase of construction is expected to last a month. It will include rehabilitating the bridge deck and repairing the sidewalk on the west side of the bridge.
When the phase is done, the bridge will move into its final configuration, which will include two through-lanes in each direction and a third northbound lane that will feed into the eastbound frontage road to Highway 24.
The city says the bridge is scheduled to open in its final configuration next month. The new sidewalk will open on the east side of the bridge, and the city says crews will finish asphalt paving and striping in late spring.
For more information on the 8th Street Project and construction updates, visit the City of Colorado Springs website.
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