A small section of the Demerara Harbour Bridge sank yesterday morning, forcing its closure for emergency works and limiting travel between regions Three and Four, especially for commuters who were faced with severe hardship.
The bridge could be reopened as early as this evening to light traffic once remedial works are successful, General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Company Rawlston Adams told reporters yesterday, hours after the mishap, which occurred around 6:45am, after the jaws of one of the piers supporting two temporary pontoons at the bridge broke.
“We suspect that the jaws on one of the piers that was assembled for the
