El Dorado County's Mosquito Road bridge closed after vehicle gets stuck
EL DORADO COUNTY – Officials say the Mosquito Road bridge in El Dorado County will be closed until Wednesday after a vehicle got stuck.
El Dorado County's road maintenance division announced early Tuesday afternoon that the Mosquito Road bridge would be closed overnight after a vehicle that was driving over it got stuck.
It's unclear how the vehicle got stuck, but officials said they needed to extract it.
After getting the vehicle out, officials said they'll still need to keep the bridge closed overnight until it could be inspected on Wednesday.
Wednesday morning, the county announced that two bent truss rods and some broken webbing will need to be repaired. They expect the bridge and road to be back open by 5 p.m.
The county says gates leading up to the bridge are now closed and signs have been turned to warn drivers of the closure.
Drivers trying to get around the closure are urged to use Rock Creek Road as the detour.
Work has been underway in recent years to rehabilitate and replace the Mosquito Road bridge, which dates back to the Gold Rush era. It's located about seven miles northeast of Placerville.
