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The Newcastle Creek #1 bridge was closed abruptly on Tuesday after a routine inspection discovered the structure had deteriorated, forcing people living in the area to take an old dirt mining road to enter and exit their neighbourhood.
The bridge in Newcastle Centre was closed this week after an inspector found it unsafe
Silas Brown · CBC News
· Posted: Sep 27, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago
Mary-Faith Mazerolle is frustrated that the province didn’t have a plan in place for the aging bridge before it had to be closed without notice. (Silas Brown/CBC)
A bridge closure has left some people living just outside of Minto without a paved road to access their homes, and having to use an old dirt mining road to enter and leave their neighbourhood.
The 70-year-old Newcastle Creek #1 bridge was closed abruptly on Tuesday after a routine inspection showed signs that the structure had deteriorated to the point of being unsafe.
Mary-Faith Mazerolle, one of about two dozen people whose year-round homes were cut off by the closure, said the situation could have been avoided.
“It’s absolutely frustrating that it has come to this point when it was a known issue. It’s been a long-known issue for successive governments and there has been really nothing done to prepare for the event that the bridge was going to close,” she said.
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