The 30-year-old Dumbarton Bridge in the South Bay will be closed this Memorial Day weekend to allow construction crews to continue an earthquake-retrofit project.

The 1.6-mile bridge, which carries an average of 61,000 vehicles a day across San Francisco Bay from Menlo Park to Fremont, is scheduled to be closed from 10 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Tuesday, opening just in time for commuters.

The work is weather dependent, so if it might rain, the closure will be postponed, officials said.

The $60 million seismic retrofit includes replacing major deck joints, reinforcing the concrete slab bridge and installing seismic bearings.

For more information and drawings of what the work involves, CLICK HERE.

———–

Follow the Road Warrior on Twitter via @PDRoadWarrior

(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)