The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has temporarily closed the Eighth Avenue viaduct to cars. The closure spans about a half-mile between Tejon and Mariposa streets and will end by Nov. 26, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

Crews will remove temporary metal plates on the east and west ends of the long bridge. The plates have been there since July and have come with a 10 mph speed limit. The viaduct will return to its original 30 mph speed limit when it reopens next week.

The plates were necessary while the city patched the bridge’s expansion joints. The bridge is also scheduled for a much bigger revamp in the coming years, with $89 million in funding from the recent Vibrant Denver bond package.

Drivers going east will be rerouted north on Wyandot Street to West 13th Ave

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