People are getting a first glimpse of what the new view will be driving into the city's downtown core.
Crews have broken through the remaining piece of the overpass on Algonquin Boulevard.
The city expects the demolition portion will be done this week, with one week of clean up after. The project is part of this year's Connecting Link work, which includes levelling out the road where the overpass is.
This year's main Connecting Link work is from Balsam to Brunette.
The Algonquin Boulevard road closure starts at Balsam and extends to Brunette Road.
Crews are removing asphalt through the downtown section, but there is a pedestrian crossing at Pine Street.
The sidewalks on Algonquin will be open and safely blocked from the active construction area.
The construction work means detours for traffic.
The detour around the work is Brunette Road, Second Avenue and Mountjoy Street. The four-way stop intersections on Second Avenue at Balsam and Spruce are staying as is this year. There are also temporary stop lights that are flashing at Second and Brunette, which means it's working as a three-way stop.
For heavy truck traffic, the detour goes around the downtown core.
The route is Highway 655, Laforest Road, Airport Road, Lafleur and Shirley.
The other Connecting Link projects this year are on the bridges at Porcupine River and Mattagami River.
For this work, the city expects there will be temporary lane reductions starting sometime in May.
