MS-LA state line bridge will close to one lane for repairs — again. Here’s when.

One lane of the East Pearl River Bridge will close on Monday after a semi-truck crashed and damaged the newly repaired bridge Thursday morning.

The right lane westbound will close from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., said MDOT public information officer Anna Ehrgott. The crash early Thursday damaged the bridge’s guardrail, she said.

Mississippi Highway Patrol photos show the truck appeared to scrape against the side of the bridge at the Mississippi-Louisiana state line. The bridge is well-traveled among Hancock County residents who commute daily to Slidell, Covington or New Orleans.

The latest repairs come just under two weeks since the bridge reopened after lane closures this summer. Construction crews rebuilt a railing and demolished the bridge deck after a different semi-truck crashed and caught fire on the bridge earlier this year.

The lane closures caused delays up to four hours some days near the Louisiana state line, but MDOT announced they would reopen all lanes July 21. Traffic cleared significantly — until the crash Thursday morning.

Delays lasted three hours Thursday morning after the 18-wheeler crashed into the side of the guardrail. The crash involved a single vehicle and caused no injuries, according to Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Calvin Robertson.

The collision was the latest in a series of wrecks that have plagued the state line for years. In July, authorities briefly closed the interstate to airlift a driver from the scene of a crash between a box truck and a semi-truck near the two-mile marker in the westbound lanes of Interstate 10. In 2022, a semi-truck carrying BMWs crashed in a fiery wreck, another 18-wheeler caught fire after it crashed into the bridge railing and a pileup of four cars and an 18-wheeler sent six people to the hospital.