N.B. news: MLA ‘saddened’ by covered bridge closure [Video]

A covered bridge in a farming area in southeast New Brunswick is closed for repairs.

According to NB 511, the province’s website that updates motorists with road closures and traffic advisories, the Wheaton Covered Bridge in Sackville, N.B., has been closed since July 11.

The province said the bridge is out and all lanes are closed.

Motorists are advised to use an alternate route and there’s no date for when the bridge may re-open.

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The closure has Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton concerned.

“I’m saddened to hear that the Wheaton Covered Bridge on Sackville’s High Marsh Road has been closed indefinitely due to significant structural damages,” said Mitton in a weekend Facebook post.

Mitton said the bridge has not been maintained in recent years and it needs work to preserve its history and to ensure the public are safe to use it.

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