COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials held a ceremony late Thursday morning to celebrate the opening of the new westbound bridges on South Circle Drive.
Westbound traffic is still using the two old bridges, which will be demolished eventually; traffic on the two eastbound bridges opened last year.
Officials said that the westbound bridges won’t open for traffic until just before Thanksgiving, to give crews time to finish paving and lane striping.
The bridges also feature wide sidewalks, which the previous bridges lacked.
Thursday’s celebration comes as crews wrap up construction on the two-year, $45 million project to replace the bridges that were rated in poor condition and were built in 1963.
The project was among the city’s highest priorities, as those bridges now carry much more traffic than they did 60 years ago…