NORFOLK, Va. — UPDATE: This traffic shift has been postponed in order to complete additional work. Traffic will not shift to the new bridge until a later date.

Eastbound drivers at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel will begin traveling over a new bridge this weekend as part of the massive HRBT Expansion Project , the Virginia Department of Transportation announced.

Starting overnight Saturday into Sunday morning, two eastbound lanes will shift onto the new South Trestle, the first of eight lanes planned for the structure connecting South Island to Willoughby Spit in Norfolk. The existing eastbound tunnel will remain in use.

At 202 feet wide and 1.2 miles long, the bridge is believed to be the widest in Virginia. When complete, it will carry four lanes of traffic in each direction with

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