DOT: Temporary bridge over Skagit River ready next week

State transportation officials say the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River should reopen sometime next week. That's when a temporary bridge span is expected to replace one that collapsed on May 23.

That's a week too late for thousands of students returning home from Western Washington University after they finish their finals in Bellingham this week. Most of the university's students live south or east of the bridge.