Washington, WV— West Virginia Division of Highways,
District Three, announces a scheduled closing of WV Rt. 14 north
(Division Street)
to facilitate the procedure of placing the I-beams for the new overpass
at this location, according to George Shinsky, Construction Engineer.
“Instead of holding traffic for a maximum of
fifteen minutes while the contractor sets the beams, we felt that
closing a portion of Division
Street would be the least disruptive to motorists as well as the
construction process,” Shinsky said.
“The availability of adequate alternative routes
affords us the option of closing a portion of the route,” Shinsky said.
“Division Street (WV Rt. 14) will be closed at its intersection with Camden
Avenue (WV Rt. 95) and at the intersection of Green Street,” Shinsky
said.
According to Jim Winter, project engineer for the APD-50 Juliana
to ALT-14
contact, the work to set the beams are scheduled for both Tuesday night,
July 29, 2003
and Wednesday night, July 30, 2003, weather permitting.
“Since the overpass is two separate bridges,
it will take more than one evening for the contractor to install
all of the beams,” Winter said.
“Division Street will be closed to through traffic between 9:00
o’clock p.m. and 6:00 o’clock a.m., which is the off peak
travel hours so the impact to traffic flow will be minimized,” Winter
said.
“Motorists will need to allow for the additional travel time required to
take an alternate route around the project area,” Winter said.
