Tuesday, March 27, 2012

MONTANA ROAD CONSTRUCTION REPORT




03 / 26 / 2012



NEW/UPDATED ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND RESTRICTIONS:

US-12 MILE MARKER 258.5 TO 270.5  BEGINNING AT FORSYTH RUNNING 12 MILES NORTHWEST.  RECONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS.  EXPECT DELAYS UP TO 10 MINUTES, DETOUR, LOOSE  GRAVEL, REDUCED SPEED TO 35 MPH.  12 FOOT WIDTH RESTRICTION. EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE BY APRIL 9TH, 2012.

ROAD CLOSURE: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: S-261 IS CLOSED FROM WIBAUX TO SIDNEY



WIDTH RESTRICTIONS LIFTED/COMPLETED:



ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND RESTRICTIONS:

BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012, EAST OF SUPERIOR TO NINEMILE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN ON I-90 BETWEEN MILE POST 52 AND MILE POST 81EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LOADS OVER 12’ WIDE WILL BE RESTRICTEDEASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LOADS OVER 12’ WIDE WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION AREAS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS WITH THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS:

WESTBOUND LOADS OVER 12’ IN WIDTH ARE REQUIRED TO STAGE IN THE SIGNED STAGING AREA AT MILE POST 92LOADS THAT HAVE STAGED AT MILE POST 92, WILL LEAVE THE STAGING AREA AT 4 A.M. AND WILL PROCEED TO THE SIGNED STAGING AREA AT MILE POST 63.  AT 5 A.M., PILOT CARS WILL ESCORT THE OVERSIZE LOADS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION TO MILE POST 52.  ANY OVERSIZE LOAD MISSING THE 5 A.M. PILOTING WILL BE REQUIRED TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT OPENING TO BE ESCORTED THROUGH THE PROJECT.

EASTBOUND LOADS OVER 12’ IN WIDTH ARE REQUIRED TO STAGE IN THE SIGNED STAGING AREA AT MILE POST 52AT 6 A.M., PILOT CARS WILL ESCORT THE OVERSIZE LOADS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION TO MILE POST 63.  ANY OVERSIZE LOAD MISSING THE 6 A.M. PILOTING WILL BE REQUIRED TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT OPENING TO BE ESCORTED THROUGH THE PROJECT.

 

I-15: HELENA:  MILE MARKER 193.2 TO 194.  HELENA - CUSTER INTERCHANGE AND HELENA VALLEY CANAL BRIDGE.  BRIDGE WORK IN PROGRESS.  THERE IS A WIDTH RESTRICTION OF 14 FEET.  EXPECT REDUCED SPEED TO 35 MPH, INTERSECTION WORK.  NHI ROUTE I-15 BEGINNING AT RP 193.2 AND EXTENDING TO RP 194.4. THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES WORK ON CUSTER AVENUE (STATE URBAN ROUTE 5802) BEGINNING AT RP 1.4 AND EXTENDING TO RP 3.0. CUSTER AVENUE TRAFFIC WILL BE SHIFTED TO THE NEW CANAL STRUCTURE. CROSSOVERS WILL BE ACTIVE ON I-15. OVERSIZED LOADS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ON I-15 BY CALLING STEVE (406-207-0855) 6:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND JERRY (406-207-0858) OVER NIGHT TO COORDINATE MOVEMENT THROUGH THE PROJECT. CUSTER AVENUE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE OVERSIZED LOADS, ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERCHANGE.

HELENA AREA:  THERE IS ALSO AN 11 FOOT WIDTH RESTRICTION FROM WASHINGTON STREET TO YORK ROAD TURNOFF.

US-2:  MILE MARKER 626.1 TO 632.9 BROCKTON-EAST.  MISCELLANEOUS WORK IN  PROGRESS.  THERE IS A WIDTH RESTRICTION OF 12 FEET.  EXPECT LOOSE GRAVEL, REDUCED SPEED TO 35 MPH, GRAVEL SURFACE, ROUGH ROADWAY SURFACE.
 
US-287 Mile Marker 89 to 93.5 South of Toston

MISCELLANEOUS WORK IN PROGRESS – DRILL BORINGS IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE.  WORK IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON MARCH 26, 2012 AT 8:00 A.M. THROUGH APPROXIMATELY APRIL 5, 2012, WEATHER PERMITTING.  WORK SCHEDULE WILL BE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY 8:00 A.M. – 5:30 P.M.  WIDTH RESTRICTION AND TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL BE DURING WORK HOURS ONLY.  WIDTH RESTRICTION OF 12’.  TRAFFIC CONTROLLED BY TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND PILOT CARS PROVIDED BY ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRAFFIC CONTROL.

 

US 287/NH ROUTE 8 NORTHWEST OF THREE FORKS FROM MP 107.3 TO 108.9.  RECONSRTUCTION WIDTH RESTRICTION 11’, BRIDGE, FENCING, SEEDING, AND MEDIAN WORK.  REDUCED SPEED 35MPH, SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC, SINGLE LANE CLOSURES, WIDE LOADS NORTHBOUND ON US 287 MUST USE THE EAST THREE FORKS INTERCHANGE TO CROSS I-90, WIDE LOADS SOUTHBOUND ON US 287 MUST USE MILLIGAN CANYON INTERCHANGE TO CROSS I-90









P-61 US 191  Slides South of Mobridge  FROM MILE POST 84.0 TO 85.7 – APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER (FRED ROBINSON) BRIDGE.  CONTRACTOR WORK TO INCLUDE: EARTHWORK, SPECIAL BORROWS, JACKING AND BORING PIPE INSTALLATIONS, SURVEYING AND MISCELLANEOUS WORK.  TRAVELERS SHOULD EXPECT ROUGH ROADWAY, OF GRAVEL SURFACE AND UNEVEN PAVEMENT SPOTS RESULTING FROM THE CONTINUING SLIDE MOVEMENTS THIS FALLHEIGHT AND WIDTH RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED, ROAD IS OPEN TO TWO LANE TRAFFIC, AND SIGNAL LIGHTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED HOWEVER, THERE WILL STILL BE NO OVERWEIGHT LOADS ALLOWED ON THIS ROADWAY UNTIL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE.

US-87:  BETWEEN BELT AND RAYNESFORD ( EB AND WB): THERE IS A WIDTH RESTRICTION OF 12 FEET WIDE. THE DETOURES FOR EB AND WB ARE: 1) WB: RAYNESFORD, MT (WB DETOURED) TO GREAT FALLS, MT: U-87, S-427, US-89, US-87. 2) EB: GREAT FALLS, MT (EB DETOURED) TO RAYNESFORD, MT: US-87, US-89, S-427, US-87 (THIS IS A PERMANENT RESTRICTION)

MT-35:  ALL LOADS OVER 9 FEET WIDE TRAVELING BETWEEN POLSON AND BIGFORK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LOADS THAT ARE ORIGINATING OR ARE BEING DELIVERED BETWEEN POLSON AND BIGFORKS.

MT-72:  FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF THE WYOMING STATE LINE TO JCT. WITH 310 - CONTRACTOR IS WORKING ON NEW ALIGNMENT AND IRRIGATION PIPE. MOTORISTS MAY EXPECT REDUCED SPEED, ROUGH ROADWAY SURFACE, LOOSE GRAVEL AND GRAVEL SURFACE.  WIDTH RESTRICTION OF 14 FT. 

DIVIDE, MONTANAPUMP HOUSE ROAD ON MT 43, RT X47017, THREE MILES WEST OF DIVIDE: THE BRIDGE IS CLOSED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS.  ACCESS STILL AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.







ROAD CLOSURES:    MT-19/US-191 NORTH OF GRASS RANGE: IS CLOSED FOR OVERWEIGHT LOADS TILL FURTHER NOTICE.

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