Construction update
February 27, 2025
The timeline for rehabilitation work on the Oxford Road 59 (Vansittart Avenue) bridge in Woodstock has been extended due to unfavourable weather conditions in January and February. The remaining work is also temperature-dependent and requires warmer and drier conditions to complete, but with the current long-range forecast, construction is now expected to finish in early April 2025.
The bridge will reopen to traffic in both directions at this time, but traffic is expected to be reduced to a single lane northbound again between Devonshire Avenue and Tecumseh Street in late spring 2025. The two detours that have been in place over the past year will also be reinstated.
This second lane closure is for the first part of a four-year reconstruction project to improve Oxford Road 35 (Devonshire Avenue) in Woodstock. Construction at the Vansittart Avenue and Devonshire Avenue intersection will be carried out over several weeks in the spring, after which bridge traffic will return to normal. Road closures will then be in place on Devonshire Avenue between Vansittart Avenue and Wellington Street for sanitary, storm and watermain replacement and repairs; road replacement; new bike lanes and sidewalks; and new traffic signals and street lights.
The reconstruction of Devonshire Avenue and the intersection of Devonshire Avenue and Vansittart Avenue is currently in the tendering process. Oxford County will provide an update to the community once the contract has been awarded and the contractor’s construction schedule is determined.
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