Three-Month Closure Needed for Motorist and Worker Safety during Bridge Repairs

(June 5, 2017) – Beginning on June 16, the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) will temporarily close the US 13 south (Salisbury Boulevard) ramp to US 13 south/US 50 east (Salisbury Bypass).  The approximately three-month closure is necessary to ensure the safety of workers and motorists during repairs to the ramp bridge over US 13 Business.

Crews will post detour signs to direct drivers to take the US 13 south ramp to US 50/Salisbury Bypass west, exit at Naylor Mill Road, turn left then left again onto the Salisbury Bypass heading south/east.  This detour will add approximately five miles to the trip so motorists should add commute time.  Temporary traffic signals will be installed at the Naylor Mill Road ramps to improve safety and facilitate traffic flow during the detour.

With good weather this work will be completed by September.

Replacement of the US 13 ramp bridge end sections is part of the two-year, $24 million Salisbury B​ypass 11-bridge rehabilitation project awarded to Corman Construction of Annapolis Junction.  In May MDOT completed similar repairs to the northbound bridges over US 50 (Ocean Gateway) and MD 346 (Old Ocean City Road), as well as repairs to the bridge over Norfolk-Southern Railroad.  Work on the northbound bridges over MD 350 (Mount Hermon Road) and Parker Pond will continue into the summer.  In October, similar repairs will begin on the southbound bridges and the entire project will be completed by summer 2018.

Nearly 40,000 vehicles including a large percentage of commercial trucks travel this part of US 13 each day.

 

(MDOT SHA Graphic:  US 13 Business Detour.)

Road projects are underway across Maryland.  Click here for e-Road Ready 2017, an interactive map of MDOT SHA’s largest projects throughout the State.

Stay alert and look for reduced speed limits, narrow driving lanes and highway workers.  Slow down and don’t follow too closely. Work Zone Safety is in Your Hands.  Maryland drivers can also know before they go by calling 511 or visiting www.md511.org for live traffic updates, including construction delays and lane closures.