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I-385 rehabilitation project begins Jan. 4 |
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 |
Staff Report
GREENVILLE -- The S.C. Department of Transportation will begin an eight-month project to repair and widen 15 miles of Interstate 385 on Jan. 4.
The project consists of milling some of the existing asphalt interstate and replacing it with approximately 10 inches of high-strength concrete.
The interstate also will be widened toward the median to add shoulders where needed to provide a finished section that has a 4-foot inside paved shoulder, two 12-foot travel lanes, and a 10-foot outside paved shoulder.
Motorists will have to take a detour of I-385 northbound traffic in Laurens County beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Monday.
The primary detour will route motorists up Interstate 26 westbound to Interstate 85 southbound in Spartanburg. Other alternate detour routes are available and motorists are asked to plan their trips around the road work and expected congestion. Traffic traveling southbound on I-385 will not be detoured.
The rehabilitation project begins at the I-385/I-26 interchange and extends north up I-385 for approximately 15 miles.
The project, which includes improvements to both northbound and southbound directions, is expected to be completed Aug. 15. Motorists will still be able to use northbound I-385 beginning at S.C. Highway 92, exit 16.
The flyover bridge that connects I-26 westbound to I-385 northbound will also be replaced within the scope of this project.
Additional information on the project, including detour routes and construction updates, is available at www.i385rehab.com.
Project brochures and state maps can be found at the I-26 westbound rest area in Newberry County, the I-85 northbound rest area in Anderson County, and the I-385 rest area in Laurens County. The project also has a highway advisory radio station that can be accessed near the I-26/I-385 interchange on AM 1680.
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