Special weekend shuttles running during Saskatoon bridge closure

For the next four months, Saskatoon Transit's new route #200 will be one of the few vehicles permitted to travel on the University Bridge.

The limited route will shuttle people back and forth from the university and downtown terminals via thesingle open lane of the bridge

"This weekend shuttle route will help our customers get across the river quicker than ever," Acting Director of Saskatoon Transit, Trevor Bell, was quoted as saying in a press release.

The City of Saskatoonexplained in the release that for six to eight weeks during the work on the bridge both lanes will be closed. During these times the #200 shuttle will run using the Broadway Bridge.

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"Weekend Transit riders can expect this alternate route across the Broadway Bridge to add about 10 minutes to their commute," the press release quotedBell. "In order to make this delay as short as possible, we've made the shuttle an express route on full closure weekends. This means the shuttle will only stop at the Downtown Terminal, Broadway and 12th, and at Place Riel."

The city said the new shuttle service will begin on the Broadway Bridge onSunday, May 3 (the first day of the bridge's closure), becauseboth lanes will be closed for constructionset-up.

The city said if people want to check where the #200 will run on any given weekend, they should visittransit.saskatoon.ca/bridgeor follow@stoontransiton Twitter.

"Ongoing" repairs to Broadway Bridge

Construction work kept the Broadway Bridge's northbound laneclosed to traffic for more than 24 hours between Friday, May 1 andSaturday, May 2.

According to the city's Public Works department, work crews are engaged in an ongoing repair project onBroadway Avenue between12th Street and SaskatchewanCrescent. The repairs are taking place at the mouth of one half of the bridge,where west and northbound commuters access the thoroughfare.

The "storm lead repair" has seencrews fill and emptya large hole in the pavement with gravel repeatedlyas they work in increments.