SANDPOINT — For the third straight year, the Idaho Transportation Department will be working on the surface of the Long Bridge.

The work, which starts next week, will address joints on the bridge and aims to improve winter maintenance operations. All work would take place overnight with crews setting up traffic control at 7 p.m. and wrapping up work by 6 a.m. the following day.

ITD officials said the project is necessary to address issues discovered after last year’s overlay work regarding raised joint edges that created challenges for snowplows. Joints connect sections of the bridge and allow the structure to expand and contract with the weather.

While drivers may not notice a big difference, ITD said the work will keep snowplows from catching on the joints and help equipment last long

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