Close X
Thursday, November 14, 2024
ADVT 
National

Dewdney Slough Bridge Near Mission, B.C., Partially Opened With Lower Speed Limit

The Canadian Press, 21 Sep, 2015 12:11 PM
    MISSION, B.C. — A bridge east of Mission, B.C., has partially opened after four days of maintenance that forced commuters to take a 60-kilometre detour.
     
    The Transportation Ministry says crews worked around the clock to replace a damaged steel cap in the weakened Dewdney Slough Bridge.
     
    It says single-lane alternating traffic is now getting through as work continues to reinforce the concrete structure on Highway 7.
     
    Minor delays are expected, with a 30-kilometre-an hour speed limit and a 17,000-kilogram load restriction.
     
    The ministry says drivers with loads exceeding that weight may detour along Highway 1, using either Highway 11 via Mission from the west or Highway 9 through Agassiz from the east.
     
    The bridge is expected to reopen to two-lane traffic and normal load limits by the end of the week.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Seniors Advocate Says B.C. Must Connect More Seniors With Respite Relief

    A new report by Isobel Mackenzie says the government needs to do a better job connecting seniors and their unpaid caregivers with programs set up to offer relief.

    Seniors Advocate Says B.C. Must Connect More Seniors With Respite Relief

    Yaman Alqadri, Syrian Woman Subjected To Beatings And Electric Shocks For Opposing Assad Regime

    Yaman Alqadri, Syrian Woman Subjected To Beatings And Electric Shocks For Opposing Assad Regime
    Yaman Alqadri still remembers the emotionally draining and painful moments she suffered in the months before her arrival in Canada from Syria in April 2012. 

    Yaman Alqadri, Syrian Woman Subjected To Beatings And Electric Shocks For Opposing Assad Regime

    Security Firms Dealing With Uptick In Oilfield Theft, Vandalism Amid Downturn

    Security Firms Dealing With Uptick In Oilfield Theft, Vandalism Amid Downturn
    Oilfield security firms say they've been dealing with more troublemakers in recent months with the crude price cratering and bringing drilling activity and jobs down with it.

    Security Firms Dealing With Uptick In Oilfield Theft, Vandalism Amid Downturn

    Trial To Resume For Boy Charged In Death Of Cape Breton Teen Who Fell Under Bus

    Trial To Resume For Boy Charged In Death Of Cape Breton Teen Who Fell Under Bus
    The 15-year-old defendant is accused of pushing the older boy under the wheels of a moving school bus outside Sydney Academy last winter.

    Trial To Resume For Boy Charged In Death Of Cape Breton Teen Who Fell Under Bus

    Reported Distress Call By Plane In Southern Alberta Not True: Air Force

    Reported Distress Call By Plane In Southern Alberta Not True: Air Force
    A report of an aircraft distress call that prompted officials to close part of the Trans-Canada Highway in Alberta for a possible emergency landing has turned out to be false.

    Reported Distress Call By Plane In Southern Alberta Not True: Air Force

    Opposition Parties Warn Sale Of Hydro One Will Drive Electricity Rates Higher

    The Progressive Conservatives and the New Democrats are opposed to the sale of Hydro One, warning it will lead to higher electricity prices.

    Opposition Parties Warn Sale Of Hydro One Will Drive Electricity Rates Higher