Kolekole Bridge disruption: Emergency weight limit impacts emergency responders, truckers, mass transit

Kelsey Walling/Tribune-Herald Robert Kealoha lets one car onto the Kolekole Bridge at a time on Highway 19 on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. Only one car at a time is allowed over the bridge at this time.

Kelsey Walling/Tribune-Herald Robert Kealoha stops one lane of traffic while a car from the other side of the bridge passes over the Kolekole Bridge on Highway 19 on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021.

State Sen. Lorraine Inouye on Friday said the state Department of Transportation is declaring the area of Hawaii Belt Road near Kolekole Bridge a “traffic emergency zone.”