Starting this weekend the traffic headaches on the Circunvalación will start again, as the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) begin the process of removing the Bailey bridges, and erecting a new permanent bridge over the María Aguilar river.

According to the MOPT press release, Saturday night is when crews will remove the first of four Bailey bridges erected last November after a section of the Circunvalación began to sink.

Traffic through the area will pass within the three remaining Baileys, one of which will be a reversible usage installation depending on traffic conditions. The following weekend, the second Bailey will be removed, leaving only two lanes for traffic.

By March 1st, work on the first half of the permanent bridge will be completed, restoring traffic to four lanes.

Subsequently, crews will then use the same process to remove the remaining two Bailey bridges and erect the second half of the permanent bridge.