The preliminary repair efforts saw the pedestrian bridge over the N1 between Church Street and the CBD on FW De Klerk Boulevard made safe by two cranes lifting a 100-tonne section of the bridge and realigning it after the bridge was damaged by a truck on Saturday night.

That initial process was completed in the early hours of Monday morning, with all debris removed and with the N1 inbound and outbound now open for the morning commute into and out of the CBD.

Job scoping for remedial and aesthetic repairs will begin this week.