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East Campus Connector Bridge to temporarily close for maintenance

Pedestrians and cyclists will have to avoid the the East Campus Connector Bridge for the next several weeks.

The East Campus Connector Bridge is temporarily closing, starting Monday, August 11. According to a media release from the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department, maintenance on the bridge is expected to take six to eight weeks to complete.

The Greenway will still be open for Oak/Oconee Street to the North Oconee River and along the river to the south. The East Campus Connector Bridge is a 235-foot bridge spanning the Oconee River and connects the Greenway Trail System and the University of Georgia campus.

Alexia Ridley joined WUGA as Television and Radio News Anchor and Reporter in 2013. When WUGA TV concluded operations, she became the primary Reporter for WUGA Radio. Alexia came to Athens from Macon where she served as the News Director and show host for WGXA TV. She's a career journalist and Savannah native hailing from the University of Michigan. However, Alexia considers herself an honorary UGA DAWG!