Closed no more: Albion bridge reopens after nearly 3 years of work
Photo from Albion Police Department
ALBION – Workers on the Albion Main Street lift bridge pose with an Albion police car this afternoon when the bridge opened back up for traffic just after 3 p.m.
The bridge was closed on Nov. 14, 2022 for what was expected to be about 18 months for a major rehabilitation. That project stretched to more than two years when the bridge was reopened just after Christmas on Dec. 27, 2024. But it was closed again for more work on April 21.
Today, the state Department of Transportation gave it the final OK for the bridge to reopen. The bridge from 1914 was nearly totally rebuilt with about 80 percent of the steel replaced.
