He said the road was an engineered interdistrict gravelled surfaced road, which was in fair condition.
He said the bridge in question was a 10 by 4 cell culvert in varying dimensions and that the culvert had lost its structural integrity and was gradually caving in.
He noted that the road was a critical road and the culvert used in constructing the bridge, which was a 10-cell culvert informed that it was a major bridge.
He added that for a culvert to have as many as 10 cells already suggested that the structure was a major one.
He said before the replacement of the culvert would be done, to prevent imminent danger and to protect life and property, the Ministry had advised that the road should be closed.
He said that the culvert was a feeder road, but there was the main highway which could be used for the diversion as they worked to fix the bridge.
He noted that where the culvert was a river channel and that when it rains, it would impede efforts by the contractor to replace the culvert