After over a year of closures and detours, the Roanoke River Bridge is back open on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The portion of the roadway on the Roanoke River Bridge re-opened on Monday Afternoon

Multiple projects on the Blue Ridge Parkway will be completed by the end of the year.

The Roanoke River Bridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway will be closed for repairs.

If you like driving over the Roanoke River Bridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway, you might want to get in one last ride before it closes. According to the National Park Service, the bridge will be closed from mid-April through Spring 2022. AdCrews will also repair the road failure near milepost 128, starting in the spring of 2022. “We recognize these Roanoke area closures create short term impacts, however we are pleased to know that in the coming years, this section of the Parkway will be restored in ways that will allow for many more years of high-quality visitor experiences,” said Alexa Viets, acting superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Open sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway are in blue .