Corps schedules maintenance at Deep Creek Bridge, Sept. 28 to Oct. 9

Norfolk District Public Affairs
Published Sept. 26, 2014
Deep Creek Bridge in Chesapeake, Va., spans the venerable Dismal Swamp Canal.

Deep Creek Bridge in Chesapeake, Va., spans the venerable Dismal Swamp Canal.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- The Deep Creek Bridge will undergo scheduled maintenance repairs to the span’s concrete approach between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., beginning Sept. 28, through the morning of Oct. 9, weather permitting.

Traffic will be reduced to one lane, and repairs will not affect vessels traveling the Dismal Swamp Canal.

The Corps also chose the nighttime bridge maintenance repair hours to alleviate major traffic disruption.

For more information, call Joel Scussel, Operations Branch, Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at (757) 201-7642.