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Repairs to the Chuckanut Drive overpass on Interstate 5 were completed two days early, and both lanes of the overpass will be open this afternoon, the state Department of Transportation said.
Vehicles weighing more than 40 tons are prohibited from the overpass until permanent repairs are made in 2009. The entire east side of the overpass will probably have to be torn down and replaced at a cost of $1 million or more.
A tractor-trailer towing an excavator struck the overpass on July 10, severely damaging three of the six support beams and breaking 22 steel cables.
The bridge is safe for drivers. Vehicles weighing more than 80,000 pounds (40 tons) are prohibited from the overpass until permanent repairs to the overpass can be made sometime in 2009.
Repaired Chuckanut Drive overpass at I-5 reopens
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