All three westbound Whoop-Up Drive lanes set to open

Starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, November 25, all three lanes of westbound Whoop-Up Drive will re-open for the first time since early August.

Due to the current and forecasted winter weather conditions, the speed limit will be set at 70 km/h until further notice.

This is the latest stage of the major repairs – which remain on schedule – under the Whoop-Up Drive bridge, as outlined in a November 7 update.

The repairs will follow this schedule, weather permitting:

• November 10: Erect shoring towers under the bridge. Botterill Bottom Road South will be closed to the public for the duration of all repairs. Completed
• November 12 – 18: Repair girder 3 (under lane 3). Current traffic measures remain in place. Completed
• November 20 – 27: Repair girder 2. Lane 2 will close and lane 3 will reopen. This maintains two westbound lanes. When this repair is complete, all three westbound lanes are open. Completed early
• November 25 – December 10: Repair girder 4. Lane 4 remains closed. When this repair is complete, all three eastbound lanes are open. In progress
• December 10 – 12: Repair girder 1. No lane closures are required for this repair.

Work is scheduled on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Based on this schedule, all repairs are expected to be completed by Friday, December 12.

On August 6, a flatbed trailer carrying heavy equipment hit the bottom of the bridge, damaging four of six steel girders. Two were badly damaged. The repairs required extensive planning and coordination.

The repairs involve minor traffic impacts and all speed limits that were implemented on October 10 will remain unchanged for the duration of this work. The weight reduction also remains in place for westbound traffic, as girder 1 still needs to be repaired.

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