AFTON – Following an investigation, engineers from the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) said Kelsey Brook Bridge in Afton has suffered from erosion and possible undermining caused be recent flooding, and all traffic will be processed through the nearby temporary one-lane bridge until late 2019.

According to the Chenango County Emergency Operations Center, this summer the downstream (eastbound) side of Kelsey Brook Bridge was demolished and replaced, while traffic was maintained on the upstream (westbound) side.

The center said traffic signals maintained alternating one-way traffic, with the intention to reopen both lanes during the winter months and complete work on the upstream side of the bridge in 2019.

Chenango County’s Director of Emergency Management A. Wesley Jones said, “There is, what was supposed to be, a temporary structure in place and over the winter the DOT was going to move the traffic back to the main bridge.”