Oklahoma City SkyDance Bridge to be closed for repairs

FROM STAFF REPORTS Published: September 17, 2014 12:00 AM CDT Updated: September 17, 2014 10:47 AM CDT

Repairs are on the way for the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City. PAUL HELLSTERN

The Oklahoma City SkyDance Bridge will be closed this week for repairs, city officials announced Wednesday.

The bridge will be closed through Friday so crews can make repairs to the bridge deck. The 380-foot-long, 197-foot-tall sculpture spans Interstate 40 near Robinson Avenue.

The deck on the south end of the two-year-old pedestrian span recently buckled, creating a foot-high bump. City workers found the damage a week or so ago.

<figure> <img src="https://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-ef7f1788465a0834367ab8d5af103ee5.jpg" alt="Photo - A bicyclist carries his bike over a large bump where buckling has occurred in the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. PAUL HELLSTERN - Oklahoman " title=" A bicyclist carries his bike over a large bump where buckling has occurred in the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. PAUL HELLSTERN - Oklahoman " /> <figcaption> A bicyclist carries his bike over a large bump where buckling has occurred in the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. PAUL HELLSTERN - Oklahoman </figcaption> </figure> <figure> <img src="https://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-4b43eec15338c95488e503a3853e1637.jpg" alt="Photo - A bicyclist aviods a large bump in the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City on Tuesday . Photos by Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman PAUL HELLSTERN " title=" A bicyclist aviods a large bump in the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City on Tuesday . Photos by Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman PAUL HELLSTERN " /> <figcaption> A bicyclist aviods a large bump in the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City on Tuesday . Photos by Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman PAUL HELLSTERN </figcaption> </figure> <figure> <img src="https://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-334ec24ff91a190d129d96b9d60afafe.jpg" alt="Photo - Repairs are on the way for the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City. PAUL HELLSTERN " title="Repairs are on the way for the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City. PAUL HELLSTERN " /> <figcaption>Repairs are on the way for the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City. PAUL HELLSTERN </figcaption> </figure> <figure> <img src="https://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-ae3e11ff771770c5d3cbb2c8f5aefe24.jpg" alt="Photo - A closer look at buckling in the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City . PAUL HELLSTERN " title="A closer look at buckling in the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City . PAUL HELLSTERN " /> <figcaption>A closer look at buckling in the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City . PAUL HELLSTERN </figcaption> </figure> <figure> <img src="https://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-ebb25b7cb31cb4997c4a091b000105de.jpg" alt="Photo - Repairs are on the way for the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City. PAUL HELLSTERN - Oklahoman " title=" Repairs are on the way for the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City. PAUL HELLSTERN - Oklahoman " /> <figcaption> Repairs are on the way for the floorboards of the Skydance bridge in Oklahoma City. PAUL HELLSTERN - Oklahoman </figcaption> </figure>

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