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Howard County Lane Closures Begin This Week

Crews will be resurfacing and re-striping Interstate 95.

Beginning Thursday night, lanes will be closed on Interstate 95 six nights a week as crews work on the roadway between Maryland Route 32 (Patuxent Freeway) and Maryland Route 216 (Skaggsville Road), according to the State Highway Administration.

Expect single-lane closures:

  • Monday – Thursday, 7 p.m. – 5 a.m
  • Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. – 5 a.m. 

Beginning at 9 p.m. each night, double-lane closures are also a possibility, according to the SHA.

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During those times, speed limits will be reduced to 55 miles per hour while construction crews remove the top layer of asphalt, then patch, pave and re-stripe the approximately two miles of the road. 

The SHA expects the project to be completed by mid-September, weather permitting. 

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“We appreciate everyone’s patience as we work to improve this section of I-95,” SHA District Engineer David Coyne said in a statement. “When this work is complete, the daily average of nearly 191,000 vehicles on this section of I-95 will travel on a smoother, safer surface with fresh, bright lines.” 

SHA’s contractor for the $2 million project is American Infrastructure of Maryland, Inc. of Fallston. Questions about how the project will affect traffic? Contact SHA’s District 7 office at 301-624-8100 or toll-free at 800-635-5119, or by email at SHADistrict7@sha.state.md.us.


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