Winnipeg’s Arlington Bridge has reopened after city crews patched a hole in the road.
The city tweeted the bridge was open to traffic shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday.
Police had sent out a tweet flagging the issue about half an hour after the problem was identified.
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“There’s a hole in the road,” Const. Rob Carver said. “We’ve notified works and ops and they’ll be sending out people — they have a 24-hour emergency ability because things do happen to streets outside of regular hours.”
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In a statement Sunday afternoon, the City of Winnipeg said the bridge could reopen later in the day — noting crews were out patching the asphalt that had detached from the road.
Pedestrian access was maintained while the bridge is closed to vehicular traffic.
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