During that time, a temporary traffic light will be installed to help direct vehicles.
The temporary bridge is the same one used in Hunter River during the bridge replacement project there over the past few years.
The portable sections are being trucked to Morell and reassembled. Crews are now putting steel pilings into the river on which it will sit.
The Morell Bridge replacement project is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2022.(Brian Higgins/CBC)
The area near the bridge is a busy access point to the river for commercial oyster fishers as well as recreational anglers and boaters.
Posted: Jan 21, 2021 7:00 PM AT | Last Updated: January 21
The contractor for the Oyster Bed Bridge replacement is based on the mainland and it’s been difficult to get materials to the Island since P.E.I. left the Atlantic bubble, says Neil Lawless, bridge engineer working on the project.(Brian Higgins/CBC)