Macdonald Bridge will be closed this weekend

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The closure is scheduled from Friday, April 25, astatine 7 p.m. to Monday, April 28, astatine 5:30 a.m.

Closure applies to vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles

Anjuli Patil · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 25, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

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The Macdonald Bridge volition beryllium closed from Friday, April 25, astatine 7 p.m. to Monday, April 28, astatine 5:30 a.m. (Craig Paisley/CBC)

The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge volition beryllium closed this play to accommodate enactment being done arsenic portion of a two-year, $70-million project to widen the beingness of the span.

The closure — which applies to vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians — begins Friday at 7 p.m. and ends Monday at 5:30 a.m.

The bridge's sidewalk and motorcycle lane volition not beryllium accessible during this period, but Halifax Harbour Bridges said bus tickets volition beryllium disposable to "inconvenienced span crossers" astatine its operations centre in the medication gathering connected the Dartmouth broadside and from postulation power connected the Halifax side.

Halifax Harbour Bridges anticipates different play closure could beryllium needed, but it hasn't scheduled a day yet.

While enactment is being done, postulation delays should beryllium expected and "bridge users are encouraged to program alternate routes and let further question times," the span committee said.

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