The Maryland Department of
Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) advises motorists who
travel on MD 193 (University Boulevard) or I-495 (Capital Beltway) in Silver
Spring that upcoming lane closures will impact overnight travel for the next
month.
A 161-foot, 175-ton crane will be
used to lift the steel beams for a new bridge and crews will work above the
I-495 lanes to tighten the steel beam bolts. SHA will work on the steel beams
over the Outer Loop first. Once all Outer Loop beam work is complete, crews
will repeat the process to insert beams over the Inner Loop.
Work began this month and will
continue each night through early March (weather permitting). SHA is closing
the lanes on the Inner and Outer Loops between exit 28 (MD 650/New Hampshire
Avenue) and exit 30 (US 29/Colesville Road) at the following times:
- One lane at 9 p.m.;
- Two lanes at 10 p.m.; and
- Three lanes at midnight.
The work also requires intermittent
15-minute complete lane closures between midnight and 4 a.m. All travel lanes will reopen each day no
later than 5 a.m. Drivers should consider MD 650 or US 29 as alternate routes
during the overnight lane closures.
