Detour set at Beltway and Charles Street
The State Highway Administration will begin about three weeks of overnight closures of the westbound Beltway at Charles Street tonight to let it install structural steel beams for a new bridge.
Crews will begin the closures Sunday through Thursday nights at 8 p.m. by taking away a single lane. They will close a second lane at 10 p.m. and the remaining lanes from 11 p.m. through 5 a.m.
Traffic will be diverted at Exit 25 to the Charles Street interchange and the roundabout at Charles and Bellona Avenue before rejoining Beltway traffic beyond the bridge area. The eastbound Beltway will have two lanes closed, and the ramp from northbound Charles to the westbound Beltway will be detoured through the roundabout. Closings and detours will be suspended on weekends.
The work is part of the SHA's $43.6 million project to replace the half-century-old Charles Street bridge with a modern, wider structure. The project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2012.
Comments
Thank you - every day I drive through the horrible construction-delayed traffic in Towson and say to myself, when is this ever going to end?!
You said summer of 2012 - that's a lot of days left to sit in that traffic, but at least I know now when its "scheduled" to end.
Thanks!
Posted by: Karen Whitney | April 14, 2011 4:53 PM
Have to drag the construction out for as long as possible I guess so they can keep getting the revenue stream from the speed camera that's there every day.
Posted by: anon | April 15, 2011 10:41 AM
Perhaps the City of Baltimore can employ a similar strategy & schedule in replacing the Locust Point bridge, rather than closing a whole portion of Fort Avenue for a full year.
Posted by: Locust Pointer | April 15, 2011 12:10 PM
When is work expected to begin on the overpass over the Beltway for Frederick Road? I remember they said they would start replacing that bridge in the spring.
Posted by: Jeff | April 15, 2011 12:22 PM