New bridge opens

The new bridge on Smokey Point Boulevard south of Island Crossing is now open and the detour sign is gone

The new bridge on Smokey Point Boulevard south of Island Crossing is now open and the detour sign is gone. The county project widened a very hazardous narrow bridge less than a mile south of SR 530. The road opened to traffic Sept. 16, more than a week earlier than the projected date of Sept. 25.