Traffic delays on Hwy. 401 near Tilbury, August 4, 2015. (Photo by Kirk Dickinson)

Traffic delays on Hwy. 401 near Tilbury, August 4, 2015. (Photo by Kirk Dickinson)

UPDATE: Hwy. 401 In Chatham Reopened

By Natalia Vega

April 30, 2017 - 1:09pm

All lanes of Hwy. 401 through Chatham have reopened.

The planned closure between Bloomfield Rd. and Kent Bridge Rd. went into effect Saturday night around 8pm.

The closure was expected to last until 10am Sunday morning but Ontario Provincial Police say the highway has reopened a littler earlier than anticipated.

The Ministry of Transportation say the closure was so demolition work on the Hwy. 40 underpass could be done.

-With files from Matt Weverink.

CLEARED: Road Closure: #Hwy401 EB & WB b/t Kent Bridge Rd & Bloomfield Rd #ChathamKent - Highway has been REOPENED. ^cc
— OPPCommunicationsWR (@OPP_COMM_WR) April 30, 2017

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