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The construction was needed to prepare the bridge for a complete repair in phase two. Both phases will need to be completed before traffic can re-open on the bridge, the department announced Tuesday. There is no timeline for the second phase of the project, Nichole Lawrence, spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Transportation said by phone. Officials have said a complete repair of the bridge could take several months. The bridge has been closed since May 11, when an inspector located a fracture in a steel beam during a routine inspection and immediately called for bridge traffic to halt. Since then, the Arkansas Department of Transit, which is responsible for inspections of the bridge, has confirmed that the beam has been fractured since 2019. ....
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