(Sept. 15, 2016) The next phase of the stormwater management project that has closed and caused detours on Route 113 during the past couple of months will proceed again tonight, forcing the road to be detoured overnight between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Friday.
Another closing due next week should complete this set of crossings, Bob Rager, spokesman for the State Highway Administration, said.
The reason, Rager said, is that the infrastructure for stormwater management currently under the road is designed for a two-lane, not a four-lane, highway. The new fixtures should ensure effective drainage, Rager said.
This work will install two 60-inch drainage pipes under the highway.
“The big one comes next week — a 72-inch diameter pipe,” Rager said. “This is a little farther south, so the detour will be Cedartown Road to Basket Switch Road.”
However, as many as six additional crossings need to be made as Route 113 is converted to a dual highway.
Gov. Larry Hogan announced earlier this year he expects the dualization phase of the Route 113 project to open to traffic by spring 2019, and Rager said construction on that project should be well under way by early next year.
Rager called the drainage pipe installation a “design-build project,” which means design work and construction is done nearly simultaneously, making it hard to predict when lane or road closures are coming.
The final phase of the Route 113 project is to install an overpass at the junction of Route 113 and Snow Hill Road. No date has been given for the completion of this phase.
Also, the State Highway Administration has provided more details into some resurfacing projects within Worcester County while the roads are much less congested.
Work has begun on resurfacing Snow Hill Road from Nassawango Creek Road to the Wicomico County line, a distance of about 4.8 miles according to Charlie Gischlar of the SHA. The project is expected to finish in November, and daytime lane closures and flaggers are to be expected until the work is complete.
Work is also expected on the Route 90, from the split from Route 50 to Old Ocean City Road (MD 346), a distance of about a mile and a half. This work is expected to last until spring 2017.
Stephen Decatur Highway, from the Sinepuxent Bay Bridge to Assateague Road (MD 376) will begin seeing some nighttime lane closures and flaggers soon, Gischlar said. The 3.4-mile resurfacing operation is expected to be finished before winter.
In Berlin, work on Libertytown Road from west of Ironshire Station Road to west of Ann Drive — a distance of 5.6 miles — should be starting soon, and is expected to be finished in early spring.
Another closing due next week should complete this set of crossings, Bob Rager, spokesman for the State Highway Administration, said.
The reason, Rager said, is that the infrastructure for stormwater management currently under the road is designed for a two-lane, not a four-lane, highway. The new fixtures should ensure effective drainage, Rager said.
This work will install two 60-inch drainage pipes under the highway.
“The big one comes next week — a 72-inch diameter pipe,” Rager said. “This is a little farther south, so the detour will be Cedartown Road to Basket Switch Road.”
However, as many as six additional crossings need to be made as Route 113 is converted to a dual highway.
Gov. Larry Hogan announced earlier this year he expects the dualization phase of the Route 113 project to open to traffic by spring 2019, and Rager said construction on that project should be well under way by early next year.
Rager called the drainage pipe installation a “design-build project,” which means design work and construction is done nearly simultaneously, making it hard to predict when lane or road closures are coming.
The final phase of the Route 113 project is to install an overpass at the junction of Route 113 and Snow Hill Road. No date has been given for the completion of this phase.
Also, the State Highway Administration has provided more details into some resurfacing projects within Worcester County while the roads are much less congested.
Work has begun on resurfacing Snow Hill Road from Nassawango Creek Road to the Wicomico County line, a distance of about 4.8 miles according to Charlie Gischlar of the SHA. The project is expected to finish in November, and daytime lane closures and flaggers are to be expected until the work is complete.
Work is also expected on the Route 90, from the split from Route 50 to Old Ocean City Road (MD 346), a distance of about a mile and a half. This work is expected to last until spring 2017.
Stephen Decatur Highway, from the Sinepuxent Bay Bridge to Assateague Road (MD 376) will begin seeing some nighttime lane closures and flaggers soon, Gischlar said. The 3.4-mile resurfacing operation is expected to be finished before winter.
In Berlin, work on Libertytown Road from west of Ironshire Station Road to west of Ann Drive — a distance of 5.6 miles — should be starting soon, and is expected to be finished in early spring.