Project will Extend the Life of the Bridges

(July 19, 2017) – Next week, the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) will begin cleaning and painting eight bridges in Montgomery County. Weather and progress permitting, the $2.8 million project should be complete spring 2018.

Crews will start the project by cleaning and painting the MD 28 (Norbeck Road) Bridges over Rock Creek in Rockville.  Crews will also address these bridges:

• I-270 over Tuckerman Lane;

• I-495X (Cabin John Parkway) Bridge over Cabin John Creek;

• I-495 (Capital Beltway) Bridges over Cabin John Creek;

• I-495 over Cedar Lane; and

• I-495 over MD 185 (Connecticut Avenue).

To complete the bridge cleaning and painting project, crews are permitted to close a lane in both directions of each road, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and overnight, Sunday through Thursday, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.  Additional work hours and lane closures may be necessary to expedite all phases of work.

MDOT SHA’s contractor for the work is K&K Painting of Baltimore. For more information about these area wide resurfacing projects, please contact Mr. James Gross, MDOT SHA District 3 Project Engineer, at 410-458-8036, or Mr. Michael Brown, MDOT SHA District 3 Area Engineer at 301-513-7367.

 

The e-Road Ready 2017 electronic construction brochure is now available by clicking here.  The e-brochure highlights major road construction and maintenance projects in Maryland’s 23 counties.

 

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.