Opening ceremony slated today for Pine Creek bridge

Highway 27 will reopen to traffic between Oakesdale and Tekoa today, Thursday. The highway has been closed since the beginning of September as crews from Thompson Bros. Excavating of Vancouver rebuilt the road approaches to the new Pine Creek Bridge under a contract with the state Department of Transportation.

DOT spokesman Al Gilson said local and state dignitaries will cut a ribbon at 11:30 a.m. to officially open the highway. The road will be open to traffic later that afternoon, upon completion of the ceremony and removal of detour signs.

The state’s official detour called for motorists to...