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Dartmouth interchange to be closed to remove lighting masts

Halifax Harbour Bridges will be closing the Victoria Road interchange for 24 hours to remove five light standards after a similar one collapsed in a windstorm a year ago.

Closure comes a year after light standard collapsed at the location during windstorm

The Victoria Road interchange in Dartmouth will be closed from Sunday morning to Monday morning for the removal of light poles. (Google Maps)

TheVictoria Road interchange in Dartmouth will be closed for 24 hours starting Sunday morning to allow the removal of five light standards that may be susceptible to high winds.

A light standard at the locationcollapsed during high winds a year ago.

Seven other standards were removed at the time after inspections revealed that they showed signs of metal fatigue.

An inspection last year showed metal fatigue in seven poles, including stress cracking at the base of this pole immediately above the weld that secures it to the base plate. (Jack Julian/CBC)

According to a news release from Halifax Harbour Bridges, the remaining five light standards, whichare 20 metres high, show no signs of problems. But they are being removed because of an "increasing number of wind events and the time required for constant inspection."

Work will begin at 6 a.m. Sunday and is expected to continue until 5:30 a.m. Monday, the release said.

TheMacKay Bridge will remain open, the release says, and access from Highway 111 will be largely unaffected by the closure.

Roads feeding into the interchange will have detours, according to the release.