{"id":158128,"date":"2017-08-10T08:51:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T06:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=158128"},"modified":"2017-08-10T12:23:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T10:23:15","slug":"update-n3-highway-germiston-reopened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/08\/10\/update-n3-highway-germiston-reopened\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: N3 highway in Germiston reopened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The N3 highway near the Geldenhuys Interchange has been reopened to traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The highway was closed yesterday after the collapse of a pedestrian bridge across both sides of the highway.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Kobeli Mokheseng, media liaison officer for the EMPD told the GCN that the highway was opened to traffic in the early hours of Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was anticipated that it would take two to three days to clear the highway but the teams worked hard and managed to clear it,\u201d he said.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>He added that the scene had been handed over to the national and provincial departments and on Thursday morning the Minister of Transport <span class=\"_Tgc\">Joe Maswanganyi and the Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport <span class=\"st\">Ismail Vadi<\/span> visited the scene of the bridge collapse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/158045\/breaking-news-n3-highway-germiston-closed-pedestrian-bridge-collapses\/\">ALERT: N3 highway in Germiston closed after pedestrian bridge collapses<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/158058\/update-photos-scene-n3-pedestrian-bridge-collapse-germiston\/\">Update: Photos from the scene of the N3 pedestrian bridge collapse in Germiston<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/158108\/exclusive-video-update-n3-bridge-collapse\/\">EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Update on N3 Bridge Collapse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>, Leigh Hodgson (journalist)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>or Puleng Sekabate<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:pulengs@caxton.co.za\">pulengs@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the 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