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Queensway downtown closes both ways this weekend, starting Friday night

File: People watching the Booth Street Bridge relocation in August. It's Rochester Streets turn this week.
File: People watching the Booth Street Bridge relocation in August. It's Rochester Streets turn this week. Photo by Ashley Fraser /Postmedia

Queensway travellers should get ready for another weekend shutdown on and around Highway 417.

A five-kilometre section of Highway 417 is set to close in both directions Friday evening and remain closed until Monday morning as crews replace the bridge over Rochester Street.

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The City of Ottawa says the closure is expected to result “in significant traffic impacts.”

All eastbound and westbound lanes of Hwy. 417 between Metcalfe Street and Carling Avenue/Kirkwood Avenue will be closed from Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. until Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 6 a.m. for the work.

Detours in place for Rochester Street Bridge replacement
Detours in place for Rochester Street Bridge replacement Photo by City of Ottawa /Provided
Detours in place for Rochester Street Bridge replacement
Detours in place for Rochester Street Bridge replacement Photo by City of Ottawa /Provided

Some related work has already begun.

Officials said the Hwy. 417 westbound and Rochester Street on-ramp closed Sept. 20, while Rochester Street will be closed from Aberdeen Street to Gladstone Avenue until Oct. 11.

During the construction work, eastbound on-ramps at Maitland, Carling and Parkdale avenues will be closed, while westbound on-ramps at O’Connor Street, Bronson Avenue, Lyon Street, Rochester Street and Parkdale Avenue will be closed. The Bronson Avenue and Lyon Street westbound on-ramps are closed already for construction.

The Rochester Street Bridge replacement was originally scheduled for Aug. 12-14, but work was delayed due to a strike in the construction sector.

In August, Hwy. 417 was closed between Metcalfe and Carling/Kirkwood avenues for 76 hours while crews replaced the Booth Street Bridge.

A construction site livestream was available to watch the bridge replacement on Booth Street Aug. 11. It’s unknown whether there will be a livestream for this part of the project.

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