SHINE — More bad news, motorists.
Another set of daytime closures of the Hood Canal Bridge are scheduled today and Thursday.
Nighttime test openings — which are not announced in advance — are to resume this week as well.
That’s in addition to possible closures of the bridge to permit draw span openings for marine traffic. Those closures also are given no advance notice.
The state Department of Transportation has scheduled daytime closures at:
■ 11 a.m. today.
■ 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
No daytime opening is scheduled for Friday.
The scheduled daytime closures are for 40 minutes, but the delay for travelers can extend up to 90 minutes because of backed up traffic.
Nighttime test openings of the draw span, causing 90-minute closures, can be anytime from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. any weeknight and will continue through late February. They are not announced in advance.
The state Department of Transportation and Kiewit-General Construction Co. of Poulsbo are doing retrofit and ballasting work on the west side of the bridge as part of a nearly completed $500 million project to repair the floating bridge and replace its eastern half.
The scheduled daytime openings allow testing of the ballast in pontoons to make sure the new east side and retrofitted west side work together. The tests are timed to coincide with slack tides.
Scheduled closures are listed online at www.hoodcanalbridge.com.
Call 5-1-1 or 800-419-9085 to find out if the bridge is open on the day when you are driving, but neither number will provide advance notice of closures.
