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CTV News
27-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Halifax's Macdonald Bridge to be closed on Wednesday, Saturday nights for 3 weeks
The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge is pictured on the Dartmouth, N.S., side of the Halifax Harbour on April 25, 2025. (Stephanie Tsicos/CTV Atlantic) The Macdonald Bridge in Halifax will be closed to all vehicle traffic from midnight to 5 a.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays for the next three weeks. As part of Project LifeSpan – a $70-million, two-year effort to preserve the towers on the Macdonald Bridge – the structure will be shut down for two nights per week starting this Wednesday. The closures will allow crews to continue to build overhead platforms at the Dartmouth tower. The cycling lane and pedestrian walkway will stay open. The final closure is scheduled for June 14. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
CBC
02-05-2025
- CBC
Macdonald Bridge will be closed again this weekend
The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge will be closed again this weekend for work that's part of the two-year, $70-million project to extend the bridge's life. The closure begins Friday at 7 p.m. and ends Monday at 5:30 a.m. The bridge will remain open to pedestrians and cyclists, who will share the designated walkway. "Users are urged to exercise caution and obey all directions from traffic control. Cyclists must walk their bicycles in the area of the pedestrian tunnel, near the Dartmouth tower," Halifax Harbour Bridges said in a news release. Halifax Harbour Bridges said traffic delays are expected, so drivers should plan ahead, use alternative routes and allow extra time to reach destinations. This is the second of potentially four Macdonald Bridge closures this year in relation to what the bridge commission has dubbed Project LifeSpan.
CTV News
01-05-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
Dartmouth-bound lanes on MacKay Bridge to close Thursday night
Halifax Harbour Bridges (HHB) says all lanes heading towards Dartmouth, N.S., on the MacKay Bridge will be closed overnight Thursday. A news release from HHB just after 3:30 p.m. Thursday says all Dartmouth-bound lanes will be closed overnight between 7 p.m. Thursday and 5:30 a.m. Friday. The lanes travelling from Dartmouth to Halifax will remain open. 'The overnight closure will accommodate bearing replacement work delayed last summer, and work associated with the continual removal of the MacKay toll plaza,' reads the news release. Macdonald bridge closure this weekend The Macdonald Bridge in Halifax will be closed to vehicles this weekend as crews continue work to extend the life of the structure. HHB says the bridge will be closed to vehicle traffic from 7 p.m. Friday to 5:30 a.m. Monday. It will remain open to pedestrians and cyclists. The work is part of Project LifeSpan, a two-year, $70-million effort that will strip the paint from the bridge's towers to allow for inspection and repairs. The Dartmouth Tower is set to be finished later this year while the Halifax Tower is slated to be done in 2026 For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
CTV News
25-04-2025
- General
- CTV News
Halifax's Macdonald Bridge closed this weekend for ‘Project LifeSpan'
The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge will be closed to all traffic this weekend as part of 'Project LifeSpan.'
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Decades worth of paint to be stripped off Macdonald Bridge towers
Halifax Harbour Bridges will soon begin the process of removing seven decades of paint from the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge's two towers as part of a two-year project to safeguard its steel infrastructure. A news release Monday said the work, dubbed Project LifeSpan, will involve stripping the towers bare of accumulated paint to allow for "thorough inspections and any required repairs to ensure their structural integrity for the next 70 years." The towers will be wrapped in a protective enclosure to prevent paint chips, spray and debris from falling into the harbour or onto the bridge or nearby properties while painters and steelworkers are working, Steve Proctor, a spokesperson for Halifax Harbour Bridges, told CBC News in a telephone interview. The Dartmouth tower will be finished this year and the Halifax tower is expected to be completed in 2026. The project will require four weekend closures of the Macdonald Bridge — also known as the Old Bridge — this year for the construction and removal of a platform that will separate the work area from traffic on the bridge deck, the news release said. Upcoming weekend closures The first closure will begin Friday, April 25, at 7 p.m. Proctor anticipates the second closure will be in May, depending on how the first proceeds. The other two will likely be in November and December, he said. Halifax Harbour Bridges says the A. Murray MacKay Bridge will always be open when the Macdonald is closed. Proctor said other parts of the Macdonald Bridge have had paint previously stripped off, but it will be the first time for the towers since the span opened in 1955. Given the salt water conditions and years of layering paint in spot touch-ups and small repairs, "there's bound to be moisture underneath there so there definitely will be some corrosion that they're going to have to look after," Proctor said. The two-year project is valued at about $70 million, 85 people will work on it and 95 per cent of the supplies will be bought in Nova Scotia, Halifax Harbour Bridges said. Price tag includes both years, paint and repairs Proctor said the $70 million includes both years of the project, the repairs and the new paint. He said the project has been in the works for three years. Liberty Blastech, a Nova Scotia joint venture company, was selected to do the work. Halifax Harbour Bridges notes the company's partners "have extensive experience painting bridges." "Doing painting removal at 90 metres above sea level requires a certain level of skilled individual, so this company has that skill, has Nova Scotia painters working with them, Nova Scotia supplies, that kind of thing," Proctor said. Keeping eyes on the road More than 40,000 cars, small trucks and buses cross the Macdonald Bridge daily. While the work is being undertaken, Halifax Harbour Bridges is urging people to drive carefully. "Because while it will be an intriguing situation to see dozens of people climbing up the tower, you have to pay attention to your driving," Proctor said. MORE TOP STORIES
