A formal ceremony to mark completion of the overall bridge project will be scheduled next spring.
WESTFIELD – The original Great River Bridge will reopen to traffic at 8 a.m. Thursday, Police Capt. Michael A. McCabe said Tuesday.
But, work in the Depot Square area will continue on parks and other phases of the $77 million project that started four years ago.
The original bridge, built in the late 1930s, was closed in August 2009 for rehabilitation.
A new bridge, built along side the original, opened then and has been serving the motoring public, both north and south since.
A formal opening of both spans is expected next spring when the overall project, including the park areas, is complete.