The $1.5 million West New Castle Street Bridge replacement project has been completed and the span reopened to traffic Wednesday. The bridge had been closed for the summer.

The West New Castle Street Bridge reopened to traffic Wednesday after closing this summer for a replacement project.

The bridge is longer and wider as the banks of Sullivan Run were modified to allow for more effective water flow.

The city paid $311,000 of the about $1.5 million project, with the state Department of Transportation covering the rest.

The replacement was part of the Sullivan Run flood control project that began two decades ago.

Flood control work will continue next summer when the state is expected to replace the bridge carrying Cunningham Street over the waterway.

That $2.5 million project will be paid for by the state.