NEHALEM, Ore. — Drivers along the Oregon Coast should expect heavy delays this weekend. The Necarney Creek Bridge along Highway 101 will close at 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, so crews with Oregon Department of Transporation (ODOT) can start making emergency repairs.
According to an alert from ODOT, the bridge will be shut down for 36 hours while crews work to remove the concrete that's hanging below. The focus is to quickly reopen the bridge with crews returning at a later date to install permanent repairs.
Traffic on the bridge was reduced to a single lane at the end of August after a partial collapse damaged a portion of the bridge's guardrails and sidewalk. ODOT said the collapse, which is believed to have been caused by a car, did not cause any structural damage.
Traffic can detour around the temporary closure by taking either Oregon Route 53 to Highway 26, or Highway 101 to Oregon Route 6.
