YORK, Pa. — Crews will begin their next phase of Queen Street Bridge repairs over Interstate 83 on Friday.
PennDOT says they will be placing new beams on the bridge and continuing steel repairs. The work is expected to finish at 6 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 30, PennDOT said.
Drivers should expect their Halloween weekend commutes impacted.
PennDOT says the repair project began because of two crashes that damaged the steel beams on the bridge. Since the first crash, the bridge has been reduced to one lane, causing back-ups.
But this next phase will cause a complete closure of the bridge, and PennDOT says they want drivers to be patient.
“It’s an interesting operation, and it's a neat thing to watch," said Dave Thompson, deputy district officer with PennDOT. "But we do understand the impacts to traffic it will have down there are going to be intense, and so the idea is to get this wrapped up and get things back to the way they should be."
Queen Street Bridge will be closed at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27. Portions of I-83, spanning to Exit 16, will be be closed at 9 p.m. on Friday.
Motorists traveling south on Queen Street from north of the closure should take southbound I-83 to Route 182/Leader Heights Road (Exit 14), then return north on I-83 to Exit 16 and the south side of the Queen Street Bridge.
Drivers traveling north on Queen Street from south of the closure should take northbound I-83 to Route 124/Mount Rose Avenue (Exit 18), then return south on I-83 to Exit 16 and the north side of the Queen Street bridge.
The cost of the repairs is now expected to exceed $1 million, according to PennDOT.