Update 5:50 p.m.A barge headed to the I-90 work project briefly closed the Ballard Bridge just before 6 p.m. today.

The closure was not as long as some were fearing — just six minutes before it passed through, headed on its way to Fremont and then Lake Washington. The barge is carrying two 65-ton steel joints and a huge crane.

The 75-foot-wide barge barely squeezed through the Ballard Locks, with just a few feet of clearance on either side.