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Both Lanes Of Hilo “Singing Bridge” Now Open
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by Big Island Video News
on May 9, 2023 at 5:05 pm

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STORY SUMMARY

HILO, Hawaiʻi - Crews have spent nearly three weeks doing emergency work, and a full bridge rehabilitation project is still planned for the fall of 2026.

(BIVN) – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation had a Tuesday afternoon update on the emergency repair work being done on the Wailuku Bridge in Hilo, also known as the “Signing Bridge”. From the Hawaiʻi DOT:

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the reopening of both lanes of Wailuku Bridge, also known as ‘Singing Bridge’ located on Hawaii Belt Road (Route 19) in Hilo between Waiʻānuenue Avenue and Pukihae Street.

Crews have spent nearly three weeks doing emergency work. During that time additional bridge element degradation was discovered that required an emergency lane closure, and contra-flowed traffic.

The bridge is still posted for 25-ton loading, with a maximum single-axel weight limit of 5 tons. This will allow passenger vehicles, emergency vehicles, and buses to utilize the bridge, with a maximum speed of 10 miles per hour.

Tractor-trailers will be detoured through the county’s Hau and Wainaku Streets. HDOT is coordinating with the County of Hawaiʻi Department of Public Works to ensure the detour route is accessible.

The weight limit, speed limit reduction, and detour route will remain in place until the emergency repairs are completed. The work was initially to be completed by May 5, 2023, but with the new findings, the estimated finish time has been adjusted to late May.

HDOT made repairs to Wailuku Bridge in September 2019 and November 2020. These interim repairs address the safety and reliability of the structure until the full bridge rehabilitation project, which is planned for the fall of 2026 is completed.


Filed Under: Hilo Tagged With: Singing Bridge, Wailuku River

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