UPDATE: Jelliff Mill Bridge Open Thursday

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Update 6:45 p.m. Wednesday

The Jelliff Mill Bridge will not be closed Thursday, as originally planned, according to the town. The contractor has put off the pouring of concrete to another day, according to the Department of Public Works.

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Jelliff Mill Bridge will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday as workers pour the concrete deck of the replacement structure there, officials said.

Only buses and emergency vehicles will be allowed to pass during that time, according to Joe Zagarenski, senior engineer with the New Canaan Department of Public Works.

Begun in March 2017, the bridge project is expected to be completed July 8, Zagarenski told NewCanaanite.com.

New Canaan is contributing about $651,000 toward the project—20 percent of the approximately $3.2 million cost—with the state making up the balance.

The bridge is susceptible to erosion, officials have said. Talks about replacing it started about 10 years ago. In March 2016, the town received state approval to go out to bid on it. A third-party contractor is doing the work.

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