NATCHEZ — Rain is not good for flying or for building roadway flyovers it seems.

Mississippi Department of Transportation District Engineer Albert White said the flyover crews have finished pouring concrete for the last wall of the flyover, located at the intersection of Seargent S. Prentiss and D’Evereux drives.

The crews, White said, still have to pour the deck of the middle and final section of the bridge, as well as the concrete rails of the bridge.

Lights on the top of the bridge will have to be installed, White said, and the bridge painted. MDOT will paint the flyover a sandstone color that will match the Liberty Road interchange bridge, he said.

Although traffic will be moved onto the bridge in the next couple of months, work is not expected to be completely finished until late summer, White said.

“We’ll have other stuff to do on the ground, clean up and other little things,” White said. “Once we get the bridge opened up, we’ll need to remove some old roadways.”

Construction of the flyover was scheduled to wrap up in September 2012, but the project was delayed because part of the concrete did not set properly, and scaffolding fell on part of the bridge deck. The contractor doubled its crews and worked nights shifts to get caught up.

One of the major objectives of the $19.7 million flyover, MDOT officials have said, is to direct 18-wheeler truck traffic over the intersection instead of forcing truck drivers to make a hard left turn. The flyover should shorten delay times at the intersection, MDOT officials have said.