(Aug. 4, 2016) Four overnight closings of Route 113 near Newark will be necessary as work on the dual highway conversion continues, with the first closure scheduled for Tuesday. Aug. 9.
According to the State Highway Administration, detours will be in place overnight from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., and each job will involve the excavation and removal of old stormwater management pipes, as well as the installation of new pipe up to 72 inches in diameter.
Three installations will be just south of Langmaid Road, and the fourth installation will take place north of Basket Switch Road.
Divers will use that street as well as Newark Road as bypasses.
The SHA measured the detours at about 1 mile each.
Electronic signs as well as detour notices have been in place along the affected area for about a week now.
Additional crossings like these will become necessary during the summer as dualization work continues, the release stated.
This work is part of SHA’s multi-phase project to widen all 37 miles of US 113 in Maryland to four lanes. 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 project, Phase 4, covers 4.3 miles from Public Landing Road to Five Mile Branch Road, and will complete the expansion. This phase is scheduled to start construction later this year, and was announced by Gov. Larry Hogan during his tour of the lower shore a few months ago.
“The dates for the other crossings are not yet available, as our crews will be evaluating how the first one goes. There are variable message signs up and we will change them accordingly,” Charlie Gischlar, public information officer for the SHA, said.
Gischlar said the work on each project is not expected to exceed one night’s worth of effort.
According to the State Highway Administration, detours will be in place overnight from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., and each job will involve the excavation and removal of old stormwater management pipes, as well as the installation of new pipe up to 72 inches in diameter.
Three installations will be just south of Langmaid Road, and the fourth installation will take place north of Basket Switch Road.
Divers will use that street as well as Newark Road as bypasses.
The SHA measured the detours at about 1 mile each.
Electronic signs as well as detour notices have been in place along the affected area for about a week now.
Additional crossings like these will become necessary during the summer as dualization work continues, the release stated.
This work is part of SHA’s multi-phase project to widen all 37 miles of US 113 in Maryland to four lanes. 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 project, Phase 4, covers 4.3 miles from Public Landing Road to Five Mile Branch Road, and will complete the expansion. This phase is scheduled to start construction later this year, and was announced by Gov. Larry Hogan during his tour of the lower shore a few months ago.
“The dates for the other crossings are not yet available, as our crews will be evaluating how the first one goes. There are variable message signs up and we will change them accordingly,” Charlie Gischlar, public information officer for the SHA, said.
Gischlar said the work on each project is not expected to exceed one night’s worth of effort.