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SR141/I-95 Ramp Interchange Project

Written on: December 14th, 2017 in SR141

SR141/I-95 Ramp Interchange Project
December 4, 2017

The contractor, Mumford & Miller Inc., continues to widen the roadway on SR141 southbound and northbound on the closed side of the roadway. They are constructing foundations and building piers and abutments for the new SR 141 northbound bridge. The contractor has begun constructing the concrete deck on SR 141 southbound. They are constructing the Exit 5 ramp from I295 northbound to SR141 northbound. They are working on installing utility infrastructure through the SR141 and I95 northbound corridor.

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 9a.m. to 3p.m., Monday thru Friday.

Ramp Exit 5B (NB I-295 to NB SR141/Newport) remains closed until December 2017. Motorists traveling to northbound SR141/Newport should use Exit 5.

TRAFFIC ALERT:
UPDATED: SR 141/I-95 Ramp Interchange Project will Require Nighttime Lane Shifts on I-95 NB and I-295 NB

Newport (New Castle County) — The Delaware Department of Transportation’s (DelDOT) contractor, Mumford and Miller Inc., will be shifting the I-295 northbound traffic to I-95 northbound beginning on Monday, December 11, 2017, at 8 p.m.

The lane shift will be in place at the following times:
• 8 p.m. Monday, December 11 until 5 a.m. on Tuesday, December 12
• Rain Date on Tuesday, December 12 from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. on Wednesday, December 13.
In addition, Exit 2/SR 141 southbound to I-295 northbound will be closed during these times.

Detour Routes:

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

SR 141 motorists traveling southbound to I-295 northbound will follow detour signs to Commons Boulevard to Churchmans Road to I-95 northbound to I-295 northbound.

Beginning on Wednesday, December 13, I-95 northbound will be closing and shifting lanes to I-295 northbound during the following times:
• 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 13 until 5 a.m. on Thursday, December 14
• Rain Date on Thursday, December 14 at 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. on Friday, December 15.
Detour Routes:

I-95 northbound motorists will use the right lanes signed for I-295 northbound and stay in the left lane of I-295 and then use the temporary crossover just past the work zone to re-enter I-95 northbound.

The nighttime lane and ramp closures are necessary as work continues on the SR141 bridges over I-95.