(October 16, 2024) - The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration is initiating changes to the traffic pattern at the
intersection of MD 23 (East-West Highway) and Grafton Shop Road Monday night, October 21. The intersection work should be complete by the end of this month, weather permitting.
To improve intersection safety, the State Highway Administration will prohibit left turns from Grafton Shop Road onto MD 23 and will restrict through traffic on Grafton Shop Road across MD 23. Left turns from MD 23 onto Grafton Shop Road will still be permitted. The State Highway Administration is changing the intersection traffic pattern this fall in coordination with Harford County Department of Public Works.
State Highway Administration maintenance crews will begin the process by installing new reflective flex posts, modifying pavement markings and installing new traffic signs on the south side of the MD 23 / Grafton Shop Road intersection.
Crews will work overnight with temporary lane closures and partial intersection closures with detours in effect from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. beginning Monday night, October 21 through Thursday, October 24.
The south leg of the intersection will be closed and detoured overnight while crews are working at these locations:
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• Eastbound MD 23 right turn onto Grafton Shop Road
closed.
Detour: Take eastbound MD 23 past Grafton Shop Road to southbound MD 24 (Rock Spring Road) to Osbourne Parkway to Grafton Shop Road.
• Northbound Grafton Shop Road
closed at MD 23
Detour: Take Osbourne Parkway to northbound MD 24 to westbound MD 23 to Grafton Shop Road
In case of inclement weather, overnight work will continue the following Sunday night, October 27 until complete. Drivers traveling in the vicinity of the MD 23 / Grafton Shop Road intersection in the next week should plan for extra travel time and look ahead for changing conditions at the intersection.
The State Highway Administration works hard to maintain safe traffic mobility in work zones for our crews as well as our customers. Drivers need to stay alert, focus on driving, and look for reduced speed limits as well as other traffic pattern changes.