UPDATED: Traffic is moving over the Springbrook Bridge again after a washout claimed a chunk of the southbound lane, west-bank edge of the roadway earlier today.

Ministry of Transportation officials have determined that limited passage can occur but warn the bridge could be closed again.

Highway 93/95 was closed in both directions at the Springbrook Bridge spanning the flooding Kootenay River at Skookumchuck, 12 km north of the junction of Highway 95A because of a wash out at the bridge in the early afternoon, cutting off north-south passage in the Kootenay/Columbia Valley.

Crews and equipment are still on site.

Above image: Illustrative only of the Springbrook Bridge.

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