Elmer C. Huntley Bridge to receive repairs

Teresa Simpson, Whitman County Gazette | Mar 02, 20230

Justin Slayton | the Gazette count

The Elmer C. Huntley, aka "Central Ferry", bridge to receive repairs beginning Feb. 27.

POMEROY - Repairs on the Central Ferry Bridge on State Route 127 over the Snake River started Monday, Feb. 27, and will continue Monday through Friday, with some work on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Contractor crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation started repairing the 54-year-old bridge on Monday. The bridge will be reduced to a single lane, with a temporary signal to alternate traffic through the work zone.

Work on the bridge is scheduled to be complete in early July of this year.

Vehicles over 8-feet-wide are restricted from traveling over the bridge, and will need...