Starting February 20, Whitemud Drive over the south Edmonton bridge will experience overnight lane closures until February 28 to accommodate a planned girder lift for bridge widening. This work is part of a larger project to upgrade the Rainbow Valley Bridge and Terwillegar Drive.
Whitemud Drive over the south Edmonton bridge will be reduced to one lane in each direction, starting on Thursday, February 20, and ending on Friday, February 28. The traffic modification will only be in place overnight, from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. on weekdays and from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. on weekends.
Traffic across the valley is already reduced to two lanes from three in each direction, due to the north (westbound traffic) bridge deck having been closed for a year as part of a larger project to upgrade the nearby Terwillegar Drive. with two lanes flowing in each direction. Once the north bridge work is complete, the process will switch sides and upgrades will begin on the south bridge.The City of Edmonton said the week of overnight lane closures are to accommodate a planned girder lift for the widening of the south (eastbound traffic) Rainbow Valley Bridge and subsequent work.One lane of traffic will be maintained in each direction and ramps connecting Whitemud and Terwillegar drives will remain open, the city said.That work will continue into 2025 and includes the widening of the eastbound Rainbow Valley Bridge, work on the 142 Street pedestrian bridge linking the Brookside and Bulyea Heights neighbourhoods, along with construction of a new pedestrian bridge next to the Rainbow Valley Bridge. The city said Edmonton police will be in the area to reinforce the reduced 60 km/h speed limit during the overnight closures.The Terwillegar Drive expressway expansion started in 2021 and is expected to take five years to complete. The next stage of the project includes further road widening, upgrades to the Terwillegar Drive and Anthony Henday Drive interchanges and adding dedicated transit lanes and a shared-use path
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