MassDOT Advisory:  Fall River
 
Overnight Hour Bridge Maintenance Operations on Route 79 Northbound Bridge over Route 24
 
Work will begin on Sunday, August 29, 2021, and will continue weeknights, Monday through Thursday, through April 2023
 
 
FALL RIVER - The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that it will be conducting bridge maintenance operations on the Route 79 northbound bridge over Route 24 southbound in Fall River. The work will begin on Sunday, August 29, and is anticipated to continue through April 2023.  The work will take place weeknights, Monday through Thursday, during overnight hours from 9:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. the following morning.
 
Work will include clearing and thinning around the bridge, making structural steel repairs to beams, applying protective coating to exposed concrete, cleaning and removing paint on existing bridge steel, and painting.