Construction Season is Here! I-96 & 28th Street Work starting this week!

1.    The bridge work on I-96 at 28^th Street is expected to start on March 24^th.  It will be a messy, fourteen-week project.  The freeway will be reduced to one lane each way starting in April (they need to pave the crossovers first), shifting all travel to one bridge so they can work on the other one.  Then in May, switch bridges.  When the west-bound bridge is closed, the west-bound exit to east-bound 28^th Street will remain open.  To go west on 28^th, a driver will have to go to Cascade Road, exit, re-enter the freeway going east, then exit at 28^th Street.  When the east-bound bridge is closed, the east-bound exit to west-bound 28^th street will remain open.  This exit will be revised at the light so that cars can turn BOTH left and right onto 28^th Street.  The bridge closures are expected to take up ½ of the project.  The bridges (and all of our sidewalk retaining walls) are expected to be painted (MDOT Beige) during the project.  We are told that 28^th Street will maintain two-lane travel each way during the project, but the left-turn lanes may be eliminated (during the project).  This should entice more people to take the back-ways (36^th & 33^rd and Burton St.) to get to the shops in the Costco/Target/Smoky Bones areas.  The project is expected to be completed by June 30^th.