SHINE — The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed between 10 tonight and 4 a.m. Tuesday, the state Department of Transportation announced today.
The bridge will also be closed Tuesday from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Wednesday.
During each six-hour timeframe, crews will open the bridge to traffic several times to ease congestion.
The traffic openings will be unscheduled and performed as workloads allow.
Contractor crews are replacing the Hood Canal Bridge’s gear boxes, hydraulic hoses and adjusting and aligning the guide rollers that are responsible for operating the drawspan for marine traffic.
Transportation awarded the $5.2 million project to Northbank Civil and Marine Inc. in October.
Work is expected to be completed this fall.
Drivers can get information at http://www.wsdot.com/traffic/hoodcanal/.
Notification of construction-related closures also is posted at the Olympic Region Weekly Construction and Traffic Updates web page.
