ELKMONT — Traffic around the Alabama Highway 127 Elk River relief bridge in Limestone County will be reduced to one lane Tuesday, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation.

Crews will remove and replace a section of concrete in the deck of the relief bridge just north of the Elk River bridge, near Leggtown Road.

ALDOT will close the northbound lane of the highway in the area of the bridge Tuesday and it will remain closed around the clock. The bridge should reopen Wednesday afternoon or evening, once the new concrete has cured sufficiently.

Portable traffic signals will control traffic overnight. The signals will alternate between allowing northbound traffic and southbound traffic to cross the bridge in the southbound lane.

Motorists are urged to drive with caution, be prepared to stop, and obey signals or flaggers on site.