Thursday, November 29, 2007

I-30 to close at Big Town Boulevard in Mesquite for bridge demolition this weekend

By Pegasus News wire

MESQUITE — The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will close the east and westbound main lanes of Interstate 30 (I-30) at Big Town Boulevard in Mesquite to allow for the removal of the southbound Big Town Blvd. Bridge.

I-30 at Big Town Blvd. will close from 10:30 p.m. Saturday, December 1, to 5 a.m. Monday, December 3. Bridge demolition will take place during this time. For the safety of the traveling public, traffic will be detoured onto the I-30 frontage roads at Big Town Blvd. and then back onto the highway at the next eastbound or westbound entrance ramp.

In order to remove the south section of the bridge, the eastbound frontage road at Big Town Blvd. will close beginning Monday, December 3. This will take two working days and the frontage road will be closed from 9:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., each day.

The westbound frontage road will close beginning Wednesday, December 5, in order to remove the north section of the bridge. This will also take two working days and will be closed from 9:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., each day.

During this time, all traffic wishing to continue on the Big Town Blvd. Bridge will be directed onto the northbound side of the bridge, reducing the travel lanes to one lane in each direction.

Message boards announcing the roadway closure have been placed in both directions along I-30 and along US 80 to notify the public of the scheduled closures. Local law enforcement will also be present to help with traffic control.

The contractor for this project is SCR Construction Co., Inc., of Sugarland. The project cost is more than $2 million.

The work will take place weather permitting.

Source: TxDOT

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