Final full nighttime closures scheduled next week for Hanalei bridge repairs

This story was updated at 3:40 p.m. Feb. 15.

The final full nighttime closures of a portion of Kūhiō Highway is scheduled for next week for the Hanalei Bridge Repair project.

Motorists are advised that Kūhiō Highway (Highway 560) between Hanalei Plantation Road and Ohiki Road will be closed from:

• 11 p.m. Feb. 20 through 5:30 a.m. Feb. 21.
• 11 p.m. Feb. 21 through 5:30 a.m. Feb. 22.

Crews will be paving the connections between the bridge deck and highway. The replacement of the bridge deck has been completed. Work remaining in the $2.9 million project is pavement striping and sign installation.

Full closures are not expected for the striping and signage work.

All work is weather permitting. Contingency dates are set for the night of Feb. 22 through the morning of Feb. 23.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation will update the public if the work has not been completed as scheduled.

Electronic message boards will be posted with closure information.

Future scheduled closures for the Hanalei Bridge Repair project, which are expected to be complete in mid-March, will be on the Kauaʻi roadwork list online.