LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Plans to close and replace a nearly 94-year-old bridge that connects Little Rock and North Little Rock will force thousands of Arkansas motorists to find new routes.
Arkansas highway officials say the Broadway Bridge is scheduled to be closed at 10 a.m. Wednesday. About 25,000 vehicles use the bridge to cross the Arkansas River each day.
Much of the bridge’s traffic is expected to move to the Main Street bridge, which has a daily traffic count of about 12,000 vehicles.
The old bridge, which was dedicated to World War I soldiers when it opened to traffic on Christmas Day 1922, will be replaced with a new bridge. The state says it expects the new span’s $98 million replacement to open to traffic within six months of the old bridge’s closure.
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