Halifax's MacKay Bridge closed Friday, Monday nights
The MacKay Bridge in Halifax will be partially closed for four hours on Friday and Monday nights.
Halifax Harbour Bridges says the bridge will be closed to all Dartmouth-bound traffic from 8 p.m. to midnight on Friday.
It will then be closed to all Halifax-bound traffic from 8 p.m. to midnight on Monday.
'The closures will allow crews to lower the Windmill Road Overpass after bearing replacement work is complete,' a news release from Halifax Harbour Bridges says.
The Macdonald Bridge will be open to traffic during these closures.
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Consumers wary of B.C.'s American-edition wines, the remnants of a poor harvest
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