Tony Tramel, Director of the Traffic and Transporation Department, announced the two lanes on the Congress St. bridge between Theatre St. and Monteigne Dr., adjacent to Bayou Shadows Apartments, will be closed at 7am on Monday (05/04/09). The four lanes on the bridge will be reduced to two lanes, providing one traffic lane for each direction of traffic flow.

Travelers are urged to use available parallel routes of Johnston St. and Eraste Landry Rd. during this bridge reconstruction project. Traffic lanes will remain closed approximately 2 months while half of the bridge substructure is being repaired.

The contractor will close the remaining two lanes for an additional two months only after opening the lanes originally closed.

An additional 60 days is anticipated to complete the repairs once the traffic is re routed to the newly repaired bridge lanes. Alternate routes will be posted.