Traffic Shift on I-385 Tonight

From the South Carolina Department of Transportation:

SCDOT  and Lane Construction have completed the concrete improvements for I-385 Southbound between mile markers 30 – 35. The upgrades will improve safety and will help traffic flow more efficiently along this critical economic corridor.

Motorists who travel Northbound on I-385 at mile markers 30-35 in Greenville County will encounter major, traffic pattern changes this week as construction progresses on I-385 Design-Build Widening and Improvements Project. Lane plans to have another major northbound traffic shift on a portion of I-385 that will affect mile markers 30 - 35 beginning Monday, June 4, at 8:00 P.M. and will be completed by Tuesday, June 5, at 6:00 a.m. If the weather is poor, the work will continue on the next weather-permitting night. The details that are part of the construction of the I-385 Design-Build Widening and Improvements Project in Greenville County as follows: 

The traffic shift for I-385 Northbound will be implemented this Monday evening beginning at 8:00 P.M. between mile markers 30 and ending at mile marker 35, and will remain in place until the fall of 2012:

• Drivers should expect the traffic shift to be implemented by road crews on a portion of I-385 Northbound beginning this Monday evening at mile marker 30 and ending at mile marker 35.

• Crews will close a portion of the existing NB alignment, and shift traffic onto the SB median side of I-385.

• There will still be two lanes for the southbound and northbound traffic on the new southbound concrete pavement with temporary median barrier wall dividing the live traffic.

• The construction areas will continue to be marked with construction traffic cones and signs.

• A portion of the existing northbound mainline alignment will be retained to allow access to  SC 417, Bridges Road and Butler Road off ramps.

• Crews will post signage as necessary at the time of the switch. 

• SC 417, Bridges Road and Butler Road on ramps will exit onto a northbound C/D lane which will tie back the northbound mainline traffic just north of Smith Hines.

• Woodruff Road and Old Stage Road will enter and exit SB I-385 as they do now.

• The shift will only take one evening to transition from the current alignment to the new alignment.

• All southbound and northbound exits will be accessible and the switch will occur between 8 P.M. and 6:00 a.m.

• The new alignment will remain in place for several months.

Drivers traveling through the construction zone are asked to be aware of equipment and crews working in the area. The public is also asked to obey traffic control signs, reductions in speed limit and message board information, and to note that all road work is dependent on the weather.

The goal of the project, which is expected to be completed in the winter of 2012, is to improve the traffic flow in and out of Greenville, especially before and after school and work hours.

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