Parks Canada has advised the Bobcaygeon Swing Bridge will be temporarily closed from early Thursday afternoon (April 11) until late Friday afternoon.
Although the bridge reopened last October after being closed for three years for a rehabilitation project, vertical end lifts need to be installed to ensure the bridge seals tightly to the abutments during normal swing operations.
Swing operations will begin when the Trent-Severn Waterway navigation season opens on May 17, the Friday of the Victoria Day long weekend.
To allow work to be done on the bridge, it will be temporarily closed to the public from 1 p.m. on Thursday until 5 p.m. on Friday. Parks Canada says bridge users can also expect traffic delays of 15 to 20 minutes on Thursday morning before the bridge temporarily closes.
Additional temporary closures of the bridge may be required before the beginning of the navigation season.
“The intermittent closures will be timed to ensure the least impact on the community, and detailed information regarding the timing and duration of these short closures will be provided in advance,” Parks Canada states. “For any planned closures requiring a longer duration (half-day/full-day closures), notifications will be issued with 24-hour notice.”
