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SR141/I-95 Ramp Interchange Project

Written on: April 17th, 2017 in SR141

SR141/I-95 Ramp Interchange Project
April 14, 2017

The contractor, Mumford and Miller Inc., will be installing sheet piles to widen the I-95 acceleration lane from SR141. They will continue to form and pour a new deck for SR141 southbound and northbound and installing storm drains on SR141 northbound. They will continue placing fill for the widening of SR141 southbound and northbound to I-95. They are working on installing utility infrastructure through the SR 141 and I-95 northbound corridor. They are constructing Overhead Sign Structures Foundations throughout the project.

LANE CLOSURES:

Motorists should expect traffic on SR141 southbound and northbound to be reduced to one lane in the construction area during the hours of 9AM to 3PM, Monday thru Thursday.

Ramp Exit 5B (NB I-295 to NB SR141/Newport) remains closed until late October 2017. Northbound SR141/Newport should use Exit 5.

I-95/SR 141 Ramp Interchange Project Will Require Nighttime Lane Closures/Shifts on I-95 NB and I-295 NB starting Monday evening, April 17th until Friday morning April 20th. See full Traffic Alert below.

TRAFFIC ALERT:

SR 141/I-95 Ramp Interchange Project Will Require Nighttime Lane and Ramp Closures

Newport: The Delaware Department of Transportation’s (DelDOT) contractor, Mumford and Miller Inc., beginning at 8 p.m. on Monday, April 17 until 5 a.m. on Tuesday April 18, will be closing/shifting the I-295 northbound to I-95 northbound between Exit 5 and past SR 141 northbound interchange and also close the Ramp/SR 141 southbound to I-295 northbound. This is weather permitting.

Beginning at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18 until 5 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19; plus 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19 until 5 a.m. on Thursday, April 20, I-95 northbound will be closing and shifting lanes to I-295 northbound and close the Ramps/SR 141 northbound and southbound to I-95 northbound. The nighttime lane and ramp closures are necessary for bridge deck construction. This is weather permitting.

Nighttime Temporary Lane Closures/Lane Shifts and Ramp Closure
Monday, April 17 (Nighttime Only)
Ramp/SR 141 southbound to I-295 northbound closed. Motorists traveling on SR 141 southbound will follow detour signs to U.S. Route 13 north to I-295 to get to I-95 northbound.

I-295 northbound motorists will use the right lane signed for I-95 northbound and stay on the right lane of I-95 and then use the temporary crossover just past the work zone to go back onto I-295.

In the event of inclement weather, the work will proceed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18 until Wednesday, April 19.

Tuesday, April 18 and Wednesday, April 19 (Nighttime Only)
Ramp/SR 141 southbound to I-95 northbound closed. Motorists traveling on SR 141 southbound will follow detour signs to U.S. Route 13 north to I-295 to I-95 northbound.

Ramp/SR 141 northbound to I-95 northbound closed. Motorists traveling east on Commons Boulevard will follow detour signs, taking SR 141 southbound to U.S. Route 13 north to I-295 to get to I-95 northbound. Motorists traveling northeast on Airport Road will follow detour signs, taking SR 141 southbound to U.S. Route 13 to I-295 to get to I-95 northbound.

Motorists traveling on SR 141 northbound will follow detour signs to SR 141 southbound to U.S. Route 13 north to I-295 to get to I-95 northbound.

I-95 northbound motorists will use the right lanes signed for I-295 northbound, stay on the left lane of I-295, and then use the temporary crossover just past the work zone to go back onto I-95 northbound.

In the event of inclement weather, the work will proceed at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 20 until 5 a.m. on Friday, April 21.




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