Update: The Court Street bridge will remain open to traffic through the weekend of January 10 and 11.

There will be no more overnight lane-ramp closures or work on the Spencer Street and Court Street bridges over Interstate 81 this week because of bad weather and a delay in the activation of temporary traffic signals along the detour route, the state Department of Transportation said. The DOT is removing both bridges and expects to have them replaced by Nov. 30.

The Spencer Street bridge is closed and nearly removed. The Spencer Street bridge overnight work is scheduled to resume Monday, if weather permits, and be completed in one day.

The Court Street bridge will remain open to traffic through the weekend. The overnight removal work on the Court Street bridge is to resume Monday and continue through Jan. 15. It will require six nights of work and be completed the week of Jan. 19, the DOT said.

The first four nights will be noisy, because the bridge deck will be taken apart and removed. The work must take place during overnight hours because it requires I-81 to be reduced to one lane in each direction for the safety of motorists.

Staff report