Pensacola Dam Roadway To Close Next Month For Inspection

The Grand River Dam Authority will be closing Pensacola Dam roadway at Langley for several days next month so crews can complete a required federal inspection of the road and bridge decking.

The closing will impact traffic on state Highway 28 which crosses over Pensacola Dam. [See map at right] 

"We understand this temporary closing will be an inconvenience for many people," said GRDA Corporate Communications Director Justin Alberty. "However, a road closure during the inspection hours will allow the work to move more quickly and much more safely for the personnel involved."

Alberty says inspectors will use a special "snooper truck" to get an up close look at the bridge decking from the bottom side, at the top of each of the main dam's 51 arches.

The east spillways will also be inspected.

The closure will be April 9 through 13, 2012 from 7 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.

Temporary signs are also being posted to remind the traffic of the closing.