The Clint Moore Road bridge over Interstate 95 partially reopened to traffic on Oct. 12 after being closed for a total reconstruction since early March 2021.
The inside lanes in both directions are now open to motor vehicles, but pedestrians and bicyclists are still prohibited. The outside lanes remain closed while work on handrails and fencing is completed and the lanes are paved.
“To ensure public safety, the bridge will not be open for cyclist or pedestrian use while the outside lanes are closed for construction operations,” a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Transportation said.
Actual construction of the bridge ended earlier than Oct. 12, the department said, but following Hurricane Ian local FDOT personnel who would have performed the necessary final inspection were deployed to the west coast to assist with post-storm damage assessments.
— Steve Plunkett
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