Denver airport to close bridge security, A-Bridge for construction project

DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver International Airport announced Friday that the A-Bridge and Ansbacher Hall will close overnight during the week while construction is underway through the third quarter of 2025.

The construction project will eventually convert the Bridge Security Checkpoint, A-Bridge and Ansbacher Hall into a post-security area where only ticketed passengers who have already been screened by security can access.

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While construction is underway, Ansbacher Hall, which connects the north side of the terminal to Bridge Security, and the A-Bridge, which connects Bridge Security to Concourse A, will be closed from 6 p.m. to 4 a.m. Monday through Thursday nights. This means starting Monday, Nov. 11, travelers will need to use the trains to get to Concourse A during those hours until the East Security Checkpoint opens, which is expected to happen in the third quarter of 2025.

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By Dec. 9, TSA will no longer operate at the Bridge Security checkpoint. DIA said in a press release that screening equipment will stay there just in case the airport needs to use the checkpoint, but said lanes will not be staffed regularly. The A-Bridge and Ansbacher Hall will stay open for arriving passengers and for employees to access the Airport Office Building.

In the third quarter of 2025, the new East Security Checkpoint is expected to open. Ansbacher Hall and the Bridge Security Checkpoint will be turned into a post-security area where arriving passengers and departing passengers who have already been screened can access the main terminal from the concourses.

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A separate pre-security corridor of Ansbacher Hall will run parallel to the secure corridor providing access to the DEN administrative office in the Airport Office Building.

"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," DEN CEO Phil Washington said.

The project is one of many that will prepare the airport to serve 100 million annual passengers by 2027, which is double the amount of passengers it was built for. There are plans to add another 100 gates in the coming decades.