VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Drivers will need to find an alternate route around Elbow Road over the next 10 months, as a portion of the road will be closed to traffic due to a bridge replacement.

For some, it's a word scarier than Halloween itself—especially when getting off work: detour. That’s what drivers traveling in and out of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake will encounter as the city of Chesapeake begins the replacement of a bridge that spans the spillway near Stumpy Lake and straddles the city lines.

The orginal structure was built back in 1975.

Earl Sorey of Chesapeake Public Works said, "The existing bridge is old. It had significant repairs after Hurricane Matthew in 2016. It's prone to flooding, so the new bridge will be taller, wider, and will have a higher channel."

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