Kingston Traffic: Temporary LaSalle Causeway Bridge set to open Thursday [Video]

A temporary bridge is set to open over the Cataraqui River in Kingston, Ont. this afternoon, allowing vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians to cross the LaSalle Causeway for the first time in months.

The City of Kingston says the two-lane, temporary modular bridge will provide a shared roadway for cyclists and motorists, with a separate sidewalk for pedestrians. The bridge will open to vehicles at 12 p.m. 

The Lasalle Causeway, a main transportation link between downtown and Kingston’s east end, has been closed since the bridge was damaged during maintenance work at the end of March. A diagonal steel truss element supporting the counterweight of the bridge was damaged during construction, forcing officials to demolish the structure.

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The damaged bridge was demolished in June, allowing marine traffic to resume along the Cataraqui River at the mouth …