Macdonald Bridge closed this Thanksgiving weekend

If you need to cross the harbour to get to your turkey feast, take the MacKay.

The Macdonald Bridge is scheduled to be closed for maintenance this Thanksgiving weekend.

Halifax Harbour Bridges says the span will shut down at 7 p.m. Friday, October 7 and stay that way until 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The closure also applies to the sidewalk and bike lane.

This is the second in a series of consecutive weekends of bridge closures.

The Macdonald will also shut down next weekend, followed by the MacKay the weekend after (October 22 and 23).

Then there will be two more full closures of the Macdonald.

However Halifax Harbour Bridges cautions the work is all weather dependent, so the schedule is subject to change.

HHB adds they try to avoid full closures as much as possible, and sometimes they can get away with just shutting down an individual lane for regular maintenance.

But some projects, like resurfacing and bearing replacements, can't be completed with traffic moving on the bridge.