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The planned shut down of a Lexington County bridge will be sending local drivers on a long detour for the next month.
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The S.C. Department of Transportation has announced it will close the Pine Street bridge over Congaree Creek in South Congaree for repair work, beginning on Monday, Aug. 17. The bridge will be closed until Sept. 18.
While the bridge is closed, the state agency is recommending drivers head up Edmund Highway to Old Dunbar Road and then west to East Steele Street before reconnecting with Pine Street. That’s a detour of more than two miles while the bridge is out.
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Pine Street will be open to local traffic only, except at the bridge site, DOT said in a news release.
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DOT closed the same bridge last January, that time for only two weeks.