{"id":61594,"date":"2026-01-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=61594"},"modified":"2026-01-08T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:00:00","slug":"plan-your-halifax-commute-accordingly-this-weekend-macdonald-bridge-will-be-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=61594","title":{"rendered":"Plan your Halifax commute accordingly this weekend, Macdonald Bridge will be closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56506&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> With two big sporting events happening this weekend at Scotiabank Centre (Halifax Mooseheads home game and PWHL Takeover Tour game Sunday), and regular traffic in Halifax, motorists better prepare for a bridge closure on top of that and plan for extra time int he car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Macdonald Bridge will be closed to vehicle traffic this upcoming weekend from Friday, Jan 9 at 8 PM until Monday, Jan 12 at 5:30AM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closure is needed for critical bearing replacement work, the final phase of a multi-year safety program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56526&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56179&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>HHB Bridges said that pedestrian and cycling lanes will remain open, with intermittent delays (so please make sure to follow on-site traffic control).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please plan to use alternate routes (the MacKay Bridge will be open), consider transit, and allow extra time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We understand that there are major events at the Scotiabank Centre this weekend,&#8221; HHB said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for your patience as we complete this important work.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX: With two big sporting events happening this weekend at Scotiabank Centre (Halifax Mooseheads home game and PWHL Takeover Tour game Sunday), and regular traffic in Halifax, motorists better prepare for a bridge closure on top of that and plan for extra time int he car. The Macdonald Bridge will be closed to vehicle traffic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[1639,50,6426,187,7826,7980,6775,9942,1373],"class_list":["post-61594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-closure","tag-halifax","tag-halifax-harbour-bridges","tag-halifax-mooseheads","tag-hhb","tag-macdonald-bridge","tag-pwhl","tag-pwhl-takeover-tour","tag-scotiabank-centre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}