Beginning July 24, the 81-year-old Manette Bridge will close completely to motorists, according to a statement from the state Department of Transportation.

Motorists will detour to Warren Avenue Bridge for four months during the closure. Three Kitsap Transit bus routes will be re-routed. Pedestrians and bicyclists will be able to use the old Manette Bridge with the exception of two two-week closures.

The department and contractor Manson-Mowat are on schedule to open the new bridge across the Port Washington Narrows in November and need to close the existing structure for four months to complete construction. The $60 million project will remove the old bridge and replaces it with a new structure that will feature a 10-foot-wide walking path, two 5-foot-wide shoulders, two 11-foot-wide lanes and a new roundabout.