MADISON, Alabama - The detour around the northern end of Wall Triana Highway will continue into November as state highway officials push back the completion date of the Mill Creek bridge replacement.

"It supposed to be done by first of November," said Johnny Harris, Alabama Department of Transportation Division 1 engineer. "That date is not going to make it."

To see construction progress over the past three months, check out both aerial videos below done by Todd Freestone. He posted his latest one on YouTube on Friday.

October video. August video.

The project began in mid-June with a construction time of 65 working days, and the latest figures show crews have used only about half that time, Harris said. In addition, only 52 percent of the bridge was complete on Oct. 1, based on construction payouts, he added.

The job order was changed in the middle of the project by requiring a poured-concrete wall on the upstream side of the bridge rather than prefabricated modular walls. The change added more working days for the job, which also has been slowed by weather.

With the end of the project extending into November, that could slow the project a little more, Harris said because that time of year usually brings more wet and colder weather. Crews won't pave in low temperatures, in the low-40s or lower, he said.

"If the weather cooperates it can get done sooner," Harris said.

Madison City Engineer Gary Chynoweth said bridge crews were scheduled to do paving Thursday and Friday, but that doesn't seem possible considering delays because of wet weather from earlier this week.

In related announcements, milling and repaving streets in Mill Creek Crossing subdivision, which is next to the bridge site, is scheduled to begin Monday, Chynoweth said.

October aerial video

August aerial video