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SR141/I95 Ramp Interchange Project

Written on: March 23rd, 2017 in SR141

SR141/I-95 Ramp Interchange Project
March 17, 2017

The contractor, Mumford and Miller Inc., will be installing sheeting piles to widen the I-95 acceleration lane from SR141. They will continue to form and pour a new deck for SR141 southbound and installing storm drains on SR141 northbound. They will continue placing fill for the widening of SR141 southbound and northbound to I-95. They plan on setting bridge beams on the new SR 141 Northbound Bridge at night. There will be a temporary installation of guardrail on eastbound Airport Road at SR141 southbound.

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 Friday.

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

On Thursday and Friday, from 9AM to 3PM, there will be a lane shift on eastbound Airport Road.

I-95/SR 141 Ramp Interchange Project Will Require Nighttime Lane Closures/Shifts on I-95 NB and I-295 NB starting Monday evening, March 20th until Thursday morning March, 23rd. See full Traffic Alert below.

TRAFFIC ALERT:

REVISED DATES: SR 141/I-95 Project Will Require Nighttime Lane/Shifts on I-95 NB, I-295 NB, and Closure of Exits 2 & 3A

Newport (New Castle County) — Due to inclement weather, the nighttime closure dates have been changed to the week of March 20.

The Delaware Department of Transportation’s (DelDOT) contractor, Mumford and Miller Inc., will be closing the following ramps for bridge deck construction:

7 p.m. on Monday, March 20 until 5 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21
Exit 2/DE 141 Southbound to I-295 Northbound
Motorists traveling on DE 141 southbound will follow detour signs to U.S. Route 13 northbound to I-295.

I-95 right lane close (one lane close)

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.

7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21 until 5 a.m. on Wednesday, March 22; and
7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22 until 5 a.m. on Thursday, March 23
Exit 3A/DE 141 Northbound Ramp to I-95 Northbound

Motorists traveling east on Commons Boulevard will follow detour signs and take DE 141 southbound to U.S. Route 13 northbound to I-295 to I-95 northbound.

Motorists traveling northeast on Airport Road will follow detour signs, taking DE 141 southbound to U.S. Route 13 to I-295 to I-95 northbound.

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

I-95 northbound motorists will use the right lanes signed for I-295 northbound and 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.

7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21 until 5 a.m. on Wednesday, March 22; and
7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22 until 5 a.m. on Thursday, March 23.
Exit 3A/Route 141 Southbound Ramp to I-95 Northbound

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