First Staters hitting the road in the next 10 days need to be aware of closures to Interstate 95 at State Route 896. This affects traffic in both directions, and drivers will be detoured through Newark during the closure. Plan to leave early for destinations, as very heavy traffic is expected on Elkton Road, Christina Parkway (State Route 4) and …
This post has been updated. A massive project starts in May to reconfigure the interchange between Interstate 95 and Route 896 just south of Newark. Here’s the latest schedule: Sunday, May 7: Multi-lane overnight closure on southbound I-95 between Route 72 and the Route 896 interchange, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday, May 8 and Tuesday, May 9: Single overnight …
Multiple lanes on Interstate 95 will close on weeknights from Thursday, March 2, through Wednesday, March 8, between Route 1 and Route 896 to remove a steel girder from the Chapman Road Bridge. The closures will occur from 8 p.m. until 8 a.m. each day, weather permitting. Southbound lanes will close 10 p.m. Thursday, March 2, to 5 a.m. Friday, March …
Proposals for a notoriously congested bridge (the Tyler McConnell, in North Wilmington), Delawareâs busiest intersection (Hares Corner, aka U.S. Route 13 and Delaware Route 273) and Interstate 95 in Cecil County highlight the latest regional transportation plan. The Wilmington Area Planning Council will collect comments at an open house Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Newark and online through March 6. Registration …
A park over Interstate 95 in downtown Wilmington would cost $360 million to $398 million to design and construct, according to a new feasibility study. The study, prepared for the Wilmington Area Planning Council, was endorsed Jan. 17, said Dave Gula, principal planner for the council. âThe feasibility study will be turned over the partner agencies ⊠to develop a …
A final draft is out for a plan to cap Interstate 95 in downtown Wilmington and create a 12-acre park atop the newly renovated highway. âCan it be done?â regional planner Dave Gula asked rhetorically. âWe believe it can.â âAbsolutely,â consultant Mary Margaret Jones said at a public meeting Thursday when asked for her gut feeling about getting the massive …
The $200 million Restore the Corridor project to update five miles of Interstate 95 in Wilmington and south of the city is nearly finished. âMajor construction is now complete in both directions,â said C.R. McLeod, director of community relations for the Delaware Department of Transportation. That means that multiple lanes are open all the way north and south, but those orange …
I-95 southbound through Wilmington will be closed from Friday, Oct. 14 at 9 a.m. until Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 5 a.m., the Delaware Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. Motorists coming from Pennsylvania will be directed to use I-495 Southbound. Local traffic entering I-95 SB will be detoured off at Exit 8 (US 202) and directed back to I-95 southbound via …
Department of Transportation officials said during a community workshop Thursday night that the bulk of the I-95 âRestore the Corridorâ project should be complete by early 2023. Weather permitting, DelDOT is planning two âsuper weekendsâ — one in mid-September and another in late September. On Friday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. I-95 southbound through Wilmington will close. …
Officials are considering capping I-95 to improve Wilmington’s cityscape. (Wilmapco) A regional planning agency is gathering public input on what to do if land is created over part of Interstate 95 in Wilmington during the Restore the Corridor project. The Wilmington Area Planning Council is running an online survey that ends Jan. 21. It follows two hearings on capping …
