Today, however, the bridge is overloaded with traffic, and a new Sino-Saudi Arabian Friendship Bridge with a length of 2.3 kilometers will be completed by the end of July this year to reduce the burden.
近年來，西螺大橋的交通量逐年增加，已有不敷容納的趨勢，因此政府擇定大橋下游七公里處，興築新橋。自民國六十六年八月迄今，施工已近三年，預定在今年七月底全部完工。