DENVER — Denver International Airport announced it is preparing for overnight closures of the A-Bridge and Ansbacher Hall starting Monday.
The closures are due to construction activity that will prepare for the eventual permanent closure of A-Bridge Security and conversion of Ansbacher Hall to a post-security area, according to the airport.
During Phase I of the project the area will be closed between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights. During the closures, all travelers must use concourse trains to get to and from the Terminal, according to the airport. The closures are expected to last through the opening of the East Checkpoint in 2025.
Phase II is scheduled to begin on Dec. 9 when TSA will no longer operate Bridge Security on a regular basis, the airport said. Screening equipment will remain in place in the event there is an urgent need to use the checkpoint. The bridge and Ansbacher Hall will remain open for arriving passengers and employees accessing the Airport Office Building.
Phase III will start in quarter three of 2025. The new East Security will open and Ansbacher Hall and Bridge Security will be converted to a post-security area providing access for arriving passengers accessing the Terminal from the concourses and for departing passengers who have been screened at either the East or West Checkpoints, the airport said.
“Once the East Security Checkpoint is complete, [DIA] will have two new state-of-the-art checkpoints with the latest technology to process more travelers safely and efficiently, allowing us the ability to comfortably serve 100 million annual passengers over the next several years,” said DIA CEO Phil Washington.
“Opening this corridor to all screened passengers provides more options for travelers to walk to Concourse A without having to get on the train, although they can still ride the train if they choose.”
