(Aug. 11, 2016) State Highway Administration Public Information Officer Charlie Gischlar confirmed the work originally scheduled to begin on July 25 to install four new stormwater drainage pipes on Route 113 will now proceed beginning next Monday.
Gischlar said the contractor on the project has experienced delays with the work they’re currently doing elsewhere.
However, the first night of work may not require a detour now, as crews will begin the work outside of travel lanes Monday night beginning around 6 p.m., he said.
The two following nights will likely require detours.
Three installations will be just south of Langmaid Road, and will use that street and Newark Road as bypasses. The fourth installation will take place north of Basket Switch Road, and drivers can use that road as well as Newark Road to get by.
The SHA measured the detours at about 1 mile each.
Electronic signs have been in place for at least a week now, and will be updated before each replacement, Gischlar said.
According to the State Highway Administration, detours will be in place from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., and each job will involve the excavation and removal of old stormwater management pipes, plus installation of new pipe up to 72 inches in diameter.
This work is part of SHA’s multi-phase project to widen all 37 miles of US 113 in Maryland. The current third phase covers 3.75 miles from Five Mile Branch Road to Massey Branch, and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017.
The next part of the dualization, Phase 4, covers 4.3 miles from Public Landing Road to Five Mile Branch Road, and will complete the dualization. This phase is scheduled to start construction later this year, and was announced by Gov. Larry Hogan as part of a tour of the lower shore a few months ago.
An average of 11,500 vehicles travel this stretch of US 113 each day, according to the SHA, with 20 percent of the volume coming from commercial trucking.
Gischlar said the contractor on the project has experienced delays with the work they’re currently doing elsewhere.
However, the first night of work may not require a detour now, as crews will begin the work outside of travel lanes Monday night beginning around 6 p.m., he said.
The two following nights will likely require detours.
Three installations will be just south of Langmaid Road, and will use that street and Newark Road as bypasses. The fourth installation will take place north of Basket Switch Road, and drivers can use that road as well as Newark Road to get by.
The SHA measured the detours at about 1 mile each.
Electronic signs have been in place for at least a week now, and will be updated before each replacement, Gischlar said.
According to the State Highway Administration, detours will be in place from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., and each job will involve the excavation and removal of old stormwater management pipes, plus installation of new pipe up to 72 inches in diameter.
This work is part of SHA’s multi-phase project to widen all 37 miles of US 113 in Maryland. The current third phase covers 3.75 miles from Five Mile Branch Road to Massey Branch, and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017.
The next part of the dualization, Phase 4, covers 4.3 miles from Public Landing Road to Five Mile Branch Road, and will complete the dualization. This phase is scheduled to start construction later this year, and was announced by Gov. Larry Hogan as part of a tour of the lower shore a few months ago.
An average of 11,500 vehicles travel this stretch of US 113 each day, according to the SHA, with 20 percent of the volume coming from commercial trucking.