The turnarounds at Bitters Road will be closed for six months, starting Tuesday night, to allow bridge crews to work on an expansion segment of the U.S. Highway 281 overpass bridge.
This closure will include the right through lane running under the bridge in each direction. Closing these lanes will allow crews to drill and build necessary support shafts.
This closure will force turnaround traffic through the intersection, impacting traffic along the frontage roads. Additionally, cross-traffic on Bitters Road will find traffic squeezed down (down to a single lane headed west and two lanes headed east), likely adding a few minutes to the daily commutes of those driving through.
Over the duration of the closure, a few additional closures will be needed to allow crews to construct the support structures planned for the center line of Bitters Road. Those closures (the first of which is tentatively planned for the end of this month) will be announced as they become imminent.
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