{"id":125566,"date":"2025-10-20T15:08:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=125566"},"modified":"2025-10-20T21:17:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:17:54","slug":"traffic-alert-bluffton-road-bridge-to-close-wednesday-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/traffic-alert-bluffton-road-bridge-to-close-wednesday-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Alert: Bluffton Road Bridge to close Wednesday &#8211; Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/public_works_banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"97\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/public_works_banner.jpg 454w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/public_works_banner-300x64.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Bluffton Road Bridge will be closed from Broadway Avenue to Vesey Avenue October 22nd and 23rd, 2025, in order to pour the new concrete bridge deck.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>News release from the City of Fort Wayne Division of Public Works:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Bluffton Road Bridge to close Wednesday &#8211; Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (October 20, 2025) \u2014 The Bluffton Road Bridge will be closed from Broadway Avenue to Vesey Avenue Wednesday, October 22 \u2013 Thursday, October 23, in order to pour the new concrete bridge deck. The detour will be Brooklyn Avenue to Taylor Street to Broadway Avenue. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.cityoffortwayne.org\/bluffton-road-bridge\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for more info<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>As a service to the community, the City of Fort Wayne Public Works Division provides information about lane restrictions and road closures that have been submitted to us, whether or not they are City of Fort Wayne projects<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/68975.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Clean up is progressing at the Broadway Auto &amp;amp; Truck Repair shop after a fire.  An automobile that had been damaged inside the fire had just been pulled outside when these photos were taken.  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Photo taken June 6, 2009 during the Broadway Family FunFest.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='b53770661e3c95d64d25f1cb992665e3' data-image-id=\"2092\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/93593.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/thumbs\/thumbs_93593.jpg\" data-title=\"McCulloch Park playground\" data-description=\"New playground equipment at McCulloch Park.  Photo taken June 6, 2009 during the Broadway Family FunFest.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"McCulloch Park playground\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"McCulloch Park playground\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2092\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/thumbs\/thumbs_93593.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/93596.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"New playground equipment at McCulloch Park.  Photo taken June 6, 2009 during the Broadway Family FunFest.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='b53770661e3c95d64d25f1cb992665e3' data-image-id=\"2093\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/93596.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/thumbs\/thumbs_93596.jpg\" data-title=\"McCulloch Park playground\" data-description=\"New playground equipment at McCulloch Park.  Photo taken June 6, 2009 during the Broadway Family FunFest.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"McCulloch Park playground\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"McCulloch Park playground\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2093\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/thumbs\/thumbs_93596.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/93599.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"New playground equipment at McCulloch Park.  Photo taken June 6, 2009 during the Broadway Family FunFest.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='b53770661e3c95d64d25f1cb992665e3' data-image-id=\"2094\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/93599.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/thumbs\/thumbs_93599.jpg\" data-title=\"McCulloch Park playground\" data-description=\"New playground equipment at McCulloch Park.  Photo taken June 6, 2009 during the Broadway Family FunFest.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"McCulloch Park playground\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"McCulloch Park playground\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2094\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/thumbs\/thumbs_93599.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/93605.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"New playground equipment at McCulloch Park.  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