SHA closing shoulders for pipe repairs
The State Highway Administration has begun one pipe-cleaning project at the Beltway and expects to launch another one Wednesday along U.S. 1 in Halethorpe. Both projects are expected to have a minimal traffic impact.
Already under way is the cleaning and repair of the underground pipes that carry a small stream that flows into Dead Run under the Beltway at Security Boulevard. That job will require the closure of the shoulders of the ramps to and from the boulevard. The work will take place between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday-Friday and between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday-Thursday until the early fall.
The second project, to start Wednesday, will clean and repair the pipes that carry a tributary of Herbert Run under U.S. 1 (Southwestern Boulevard) between the Halethorpe MARC station and Alternate UU.S. 1 (Washington Boulevard). That work will involve shoulder closings along U.S. 1 during the same hours -- also until early autumn.
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Don't forget that they're starting to take away lanes this week for the Grand Prix. They've already fenced off the bike lane and lawn behind the visitor center in the harbor. Schedule of closings is here: http://www.gptraffic.com/pdf/GrandPrixConstructionTimeline.pdf
Nate Evans says he's laid out a bike route detour but nobody seems to have thought of putting up signs at the same time as building a big fence across the lane. Nobody would even think of doing this with an auto traffic lane...
Posted by: MarkT | July 25, 2011 7:05 PM