This weekend will see another attempt to demolish a 40-year-old footbridge in Swansea.
The concrete bridge over Oystermouth Road was set to be destroyed a few weeks ago but bad weather saw the work halted.
Now Swansea Council has confirmed that it is set to take place from the afternoon of Sunday, February 23 into the early hours of Monday.
Diversions will be in place throughout the city centre from around 2pm until 6am on Monday morning.
The bridge will be replaced in the coming months by an eye-catching gold-coloured covered steel structure ranging from 6m to 12m in width and standing up to 6m tall.
The work is all part of the £135m Swansea Central Phase One transformation scheme which includes new parkland, almost 1,000 parking spaces, homes and commercial units. It is all due to open in the second half of next year.
Council leader Rob Stewart said: "The bridge removal is scheduled to take place over a number of hours this weekend for two main reasons: We don’t want to disrupt weekday traffic and because weather forecasts predict that we’ll have a break in the stormy weather late on Sunday allowing crane operators to safely undertake the removal.
"We plan diversions through the city centre from around 2pm this Sunday to 6am on Monday. We thank motorists, residents and businesses for their understanding during this time.
"We will make final decisions over the weekend based on weather conditions and we’ll keep people updated via social media."
This Sunday’s bridge removal work will mean the temporary closure of Oystermouth Road between its Princess Way and West Way junctions from around 2pm Sunday to 6am Monday.
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The car parks will remain open and accessible during the road closure.
The bridge removal will see around 25 construction professionals carefully remove the 28m span with the use of two 25m-tall cranes.
It is believed that it weighs around 150-tonnes.
The concrete bridge will be moved by crane to then be broken down on the construction site next to the LC.
The aim is to begin work on the new structure straight away as it is hoped to carry hundreds of thousands of pedestrians and cyclists every year.
