The Surrey Street bridge over the Vermilion River in Lafayette that was closed because emergency repairs were needed on it, could be closed to traffic for more than half a year.
If you travel down Dulles Drive near Westgate Rd in Scott you will have to wait even longer to use to use that roadway as repairs to the damaged bridge is expected to take two to three months.
Rick Garner, the CEO at Youngsville City Hall, tells us Bonin Road between Ambassador Caffery Parkway and Fortune Road has been closed to all but local traffic. Garner says the bridge on Bonin Road about 200 yards south of Ambassador Caffery was washed out by the heavy rains that hit the area earlier this morning...
The Bruce Street Bridge, according to legend, was named for 97.3 The Dawg Morning Show Host Bruce Mikells. The 24 foot long by 20 foot wide bridge was deemed unsafe in October of 2009 and was closed to traffic immediately