(April 20, 2012) – Tonight, April 20 and Saturday night, April 21, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) will close lanes on I-95/I-495 (Capital Beltway) at MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) to install new steel beams for the MD 201 bridge over I-495/I-95 in Greenbelt. Weather permitting, all lanes should be open by 8 a.m.

Tonight, SHA will close one lane in both directions of I-95/I-495 at 7 p.m., then two lanes at      9 p.m. and three lanes of I-95/I-495 at 10 p.m. To install the steel beams, total closures of up to 30 minutes will take place in all lanes of southbound I-95/I-495 between 12 midnight and 6 a.m.

SHA will also close the southbound MD 201 ramp to southbound I-95/I-495 on Friday night at 11 p.m. and reopen the ramp by 8 a.m. Saturday morning. 

On Saturday night, SHA will close one northbound lane of I-95/I-495 at 7 p.m., then two lanes at 9 p.m. and three lanes of northbound I-95/I-495 at 10 p.m.

SHA will also intermittently close one lane in both directions of I-95/I-495 at 7 p.m., then two lanes at 9 p.m. and three lanes of I-95/I-495 at 10 p.m. nightly until 5 a.m. through mid-June.  Weather permitting, the project will be complete in fall 2012.

SHA reminds all drivers to buckle up, obey posted speed limits, think orange, and stay alert.  Customers who have questions about traffic operations along MD 201 or other State numbered routes in Prince George’s County may contact SHA’s District 3 Office at 301-513-7300 or via   e-mail at shadistrict3@sha.state.md.us. Motorists should remember the rules of road and stay alert when driving through work zones.

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