Traffic Alert: MD 10/100 Lanes Closed in Pasadena Over Weekend

All lanes of MD 100/ MD10 will be closed in Pasadena this weekend so crews from the Maryland State Highway Administration can repair the deteriorated pavement.

Workers will patch the pavement on eastbound MD 10 (Arundel Expressway) and eastbound MD 100 (Paul T. Pitcher Memorial Highway) where both highways converge at the Jumpers Hole Road overpass just east of MD 2 (Ritchie Highway), according to a news release.

The work is weather permitting and requires complete closure of the roadway for 12-hour time periods:

· Friday night Dec. 12 at 10 p.m. through 10 a.m. Saturday Dec. 13 - all lanes closed

· Saturday night Dec. 13 at 10 p.m. through 10 a.m. Sunday Dec. 14 - all lanes closed

· Sunday night Dec. 14 at 10 p.m. through 5 a.m. Monday Dec. 15 – all lanes closed only if needed to finalize the work or due to rain delays

Crews will post detour signs to guide drivers through the area. All traffic using eastbound MD 100 must exit onto MD 2 and drivers using MD 10 south must exit at MD 177 (Mountain Road).

“Without this repair there is an increased risk of further pavement deterioration over the winter, impacting traveler safety,” said SHA Administrator Melinda B. Peters in the release. “The closure allows crews to get in, fix it, and get out. We appreciate drivers’ patience during the closure.”

The project is necessary to address deterioration of the pavement seams between travel lanes caused by heavy merging traffic, heavy rains and freeze-thaw cycles over the past several years. Using an asphalt mix that can be placed at cold temperatures, crews will patch across the roadway from the merge area to the MD 10 / 100 split and then continue south on MD 10 to the MD 2 intersection.

The state plans to return in 2015 to pave the eastbound travel lanes and install permanent pavement markings as well as to complete similar patching and paving on westbound MD 100 / MD 10.

Drivers should expect extra travel time and plan alternate routes, highway officials said.

For more information, contact the District 5 Office at 410-841-1000 or toll-free at 1-800-331-5603 or by email atshadistrict5@sha.state.md.us.