<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1qT71a_0zjPkvPJ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1qT71a_0zjPkvPJ00" width="1200" height="600" >TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Interstate 10 westbound in Tucson was back open Monday afternoon after a large hole was found in the bridge over Country Club Road.Late Sunday, March 16, Arizona DOT said I-10 in the area was down to one lane for an emergency repair project. The closure heavily impacted the Monday morning commute for many.ADOT said the roadway reopened at 1 p.m. after crews gave the patch job time to harden.The westbound bridge over Country Club road was rated in fair condition but needed emergency attention.The bridge was built almost 60 years ago, in 1966, and is on a two-year inspection schedule.The last inspection was more than two years ago, but the area is scheduled for an upgrade this summer.Road closed signs greeted anyone trying to follow Country Club under I-10, including Susan, a cyclist from Vancouver.“It says detour but no sign where the detour is, which is a little frustrating because I’m almost out of gas,” she said.An emergency repair required closing one lane of westbound I-10 over Country Club overnight until around noon when repair workers could be seen removing wood that held concrete in place.“ADOT crews repaired a section of concrete that had crumbled on the bridge of I-10 at Country Club,” said ADOT spokesperson Garin Groff.On a range of good, fair and poor, the bridge is listed in fair condition on a national database. It’s supposed to be inspected every 24 months but the last time is listed as October 2022, more than two years ago, which was something that had yet to be explained.“These sorts of pavement issues can be hard to detect and they are rare,” Groff said. “Whenever we do find conditions such as this, we have our maintenance crews jump on it as quickly as possible to make repairs to the pavement.”Groff said that a bridge found to be unsafe will be closed until it can be repaired or replaced. The eastbound I-10 bridge over the Gila River was also rated fair when it required an emergency repair last summer.“Less than one percent of ADOT’s bridges are in poor condition, meaning more than 99 percent are in either good or fair condition,” Groff said.A $600 million widening of I-10 from Kino Parkway to Alvernon Way is set to begin this year and regional funding from federal and state gas taxes will be part of that through Pima Association of Governments.PAG Executive Director Farhad Moghimi said that this will be a significant infrastructure improvement for regional connectivity.Susan might not get to see that project, but she talked her way through the repair site since the work was wrapping up.“I just finished my week and I’m going home tomorrow, had an extra day and figured I’d take a bike ride,” she said.The project will widen I-10 between Alvernon Way and Park Avenue and add an interchange at Country Club Road.Work is supposed run through 2028.Be sure to subscribe to the 13 News YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@13newskold</div></body>

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TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Interstate 10 westbound in Tucson was back open Monday afternoon after a large hole was found in the bridge over Country Club Road. Late Sunday, March 16, Arizona DOT said I-10 in the area was down to one lane for an emergency repair project. The closure heavily impacted the Monday morning commute for many.

Interstate 10 reopens in Tucson after large hole found in overpass

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TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Interstate 10 westbound in Tucson was back open Monday afternoon after a large hole was found in the bridge over Country Club Roa

Interstate 10 reopens in Tucson after large hole found in overpass

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