2014 Construction Season Begins For I-65 Paving Project Motorists Should Anticipate Restrictions After March 3rd Start SOUTHEAST, Ind.—The Indiana Department of Transportation’s $54.7 million district pavement project on Interstate 65—from Scottsburg to Seymour—is about to resume after a 3-month winter hiatus. Construction crews are scheduled to return to work Sunday evening, March 2nd. John R. Jurgensen Company of Cincinnati, the state’s contractor for this I-65 design/build project, is tasked with renovating 21 lane miles of pavement and rehabilitating 20 bridges between State Road 56 in Scott County and U.S. 50 in Jackson County. Work includes: full-depth concrete patching partial depth HMA (hot-mix asphalt) patching undersealing the roadway to fill voids that have developed replacing underdrains for proper drainage and extended service life new overlays for entrance and exit ramps bridge repairs and bridge deck overlays “functional” resurfacing of highway lanes. Functional resurfacing calls for (1) milling away two inches of existing pavement, then (2) placing four inches of new asphalt in two lifts. Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA), a premium material designed for a service life of 14 years, has been specified for the surface lift. Resumption of the I-65 project means motorists can expect ongoing lane shifts and restrictions through the end of this year’s construction season. The contract completion date is November 30, 2014. Median crossovers should be reestablished by late in the day Monday, March 3rd—allowing traffic to be redirected to facilitate bridge work. Lane closures will occur outside the crossover area. No lane closures will extend more than five miles. All will be well-publicized in advance. During the course of construction, there will be short-term closures at individual entrance/exit ramps for patching and resurfacing. Construction zone speeds are posted and will be enforced; load widths are restricted to 11 feet. For highway information, monitor social media sites: Facebook/INDOTSoutheast and Twitter @INDOTSoutheast. Verify travel plans at TrafficWise: trafficwise.in.gov.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 22:05:05 +0000
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