Work on La. 182 bridge continues

Three weeks after the Long-Allen bridge was closed to traffic, covers went up Tuesday near the Berwick side for a $25.9 million rehabilitation project on the bridge, which carries La. 182 over Berwick Bay. The work and the closure are expected to last two years, leaving the four-lane U.S. 90 bridge as the only way across the bay. Motor vehicles aren't the only traffic that could be affected by the bridge project. The Port of Morgan City board heard June 12 that the bridge, with its deck 57 feet above the water, is the lowest fixed span on the Gulf Coast, and the rehab work will require a temporary structure underneath the deck that will reduce the clearance even more. The Coast Guard will monitor the clearance levels for marine traffic.

The Review/Bill Decker