FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 15, 2017
WORK TO RESULT IN TEMPORARY OVERNIGHT CLOSURES ON I-95 IN BALTIMORE CITY
WHAT: The ramp from southbound I-95 to Key Highway (Exit 55) will be closed overnight. The detour will direct motorists to northbound I-395 (Exit 53), to Howard Street, to Conway Street, to Light Street, to Key Highway, to McComas Street.
The ramp from northbound I-95 to Washington Boulevard (Exit 51) will be closed overnight. The detour will direct motorists to Russell Street (Exit 52), to Monroe Street, to Washington Boulevard.
WHEN: Weather permitting, the southbound I-95 to Key Highway ramp closure will occur Wednesday, Feb. 15, through Tuesday Feb. 21, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning.
Weather permitting, the northbound I-95 to Washington Boulevard ramp closure will occur Monday, Feb. 20, through Saturday, Feb. 25, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning.
WHY: Toll Dollars At Work. Crews will close the ramps to pour foundations as part of the Maryland Transportation Authority’s (MDTA) $13.7 million project to remove and replace weathering steel high-mast light poles along I-95 in Baltimore.
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The MDTA thanks its customers for their patience and reminds them to Stay Alert So No One Gets Hurt!!
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