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Washington, WV— West Virginia Division of Highways, District
Three, has announced a planned detour of WV 68 traffic traveling to
and from the Lubeck area to allow for construction of a new overpass
intersection bridge, according to George Shinsky, District Three construction
engineer.
“A section of roadway on WV 68 between the traffic light at the junction
of WV 892 (Dupont Road) and WV 95 will be closed so that the new overpass intersection
bridge and connecting ramps with necessary drainage structures can be built,” Shinsky
said.
“This is phase three of stage one of this construction project. There are
five stages that will require shifts in traffic patters concerning the intersection(s)
of WV 95, WV 892 and WV 68,” Shinsky added.
According to Chris Cooper, District Three project engineer, Bizzack,
the prime contractor for this project, is scheduled to begin
work on Wednesday,
June
25, 2003, weather permitting, and construction activity will continue in
this area
until the project is completed.
“Traffic going north on WV 68 from the Lubeck
area will be detoured onto WV 95 and then onto Marrtown Road CR9,” Cooper said. “An alternate route
for traffic from the Lubeck area who may want to access the Dupont area would
be to use WV 892 near James Country Store,” Shinsky added. “Traffic
going south of WV 68 from Parkersburg to Lubeck will be required to exit using
Marrtown Road CR 9 and utilize WV 95 back to WV 68 south,” Cooper said.
“Traffic wishing to utilize WV 68 from Parkersburg and from
the Dupont area will still be able to travel straight through the intersection
of WV 892 and WV 68 as in the past,” Cooper said. “Also,
the traffic light in the intersection will still be utilized to allow
travelers to access Island View Drive,” Cooper added.
