Wood Islands Bridge replacement requires lengthy detour

Work will begin soonto replace a bridge on Route 4 in eastern P.E.I., and the work will require closing the road.

The bridge, a highway culvert type, is between the Wood Islands Visitor Information Centreand Little Sands. Northumberland Provincial Park isin the area.

Provincial bridge engineer Neil Lawless said the official detour will be 34 kilometres long.

"It's all on paved roads," said Lawless, but there will be shorter options if you're willing to take unpaved roads.

"There's a lot of dirt roads in that area."

The closure will last about four weeks, and could be shorter if the weather is good. The$350,000 project is scheduled to be finishedby June 14, before the provincial park opens in the third week of June.

There will be a public information session on the project Thursday at Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute in Little Sands.

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