The Columbus Parks and Recreation department is closing the People Trail over Haw Creek from now until September to install a historic bridge.

The work is being done just outside Lincoln Park and when it is finished, a historic truss bridge that used to span Clifty Creek at Newbern will have a new home in Columbus.

The county highway department had to preserve the historic bridge in order to build a new one and the city agreed to take over the old structure. The bridge will allow the People Trail to cross Haw Creek east of Hamilton Ice Arena and then loop under the 25th Street bridge, connecting with the northeastern portion of the trail.

The parks department announced this morning that the People Trail will be closing  from 25th Street at the north end and from 19th Street at the south end for about four months while they install the bridge, starting today.