Brief Closures on I-95 Start January 13

Beginning Sunday night, January 13, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) will briefly close I-95 once or twice each night, Sunday through Thursday, between MD 198 (Sandy Spring Road) and MD 200 (Intercounty Connector). The closures will occur between midnight and 4 a.m. to set steel for the new Contee Road Bridge over I-95.

Crews will first install steel beams on the new bridge over southbound I-95, which is expected to take one month. SHA will close:

• One lane at 7 p.m.
• Two lanes at 11 p.m.
• Three lanes at midnight
• All lanes of traffic between midnight and 4 a.m. for up to two 15-30 minute periods

During the closures, SHA and Maryland State Police will temporarily stop all traffic on southbound I-95 for no more than two 15-30 minute intervals to secure steel bridge beams and allow large cranes to move safely in the work zone. Crews will open all lanes of traffic no later than 5 a.m. the next day. Additionally, SHA may temporarily close the ramps from MD 198 to I-95 during the southbound stoppages.

“The structural steel setting for the I-95/Contee Road interchange project is a significant milestone that requires brief intermittent road closures for the safety of travelers and workers,” said SHA Administrator Melinda B. Peters. “We urge drivers to use alternate routes including US 1, US 29 or MD 295 and stay alert for lane closure information on our overhead signs.”

More than 185,000 vehicles use this section of I-95 daily. Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area and add extra time to their trips. Travelers should consider US 1, US 29 or MD 295 (except motor carrier trucks) as alternate routes.

Beginning mid-February, crews will install steel beams over northbound I-95, which is also expected to take one month. SHA will close:

• One lane at 8 p.m.
• Two lanes at 11p.m.
• Three lanes at midnight
• All lanes of traffic between midnight and 4 a.m. for up to two, 15-30 minute periods

Maryland State Police will temporarily stop all traffic on northbound I-95 for no more than two 15-30 minute intervals to secure steel bridge beams and allow large cranes to move safely in the work zone. Crews will open all lanes of traffic no later than 6 a.m. the next day.
More than 185,000 vehicles use this section of I-95 daily. Motorists are encouraged to avoid the area and add extra time to their trips. Travelers should consider US 1, US 29 or MD 295 (except motor carrier trucks) as alternate routes.

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