FDOT March 16, 2018 Escambia County Traffic Alert

Contact: Tanya Branton, (850) 330-1599, Tanya.branton@dot.state.fl.us

Chipley– Drivers will encounter traffic disruptions on the following state roads in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties as crews perform construction and maintenance activities.  There will be no highway construction on major roadways along spring break routes across Northwest Florida. No work on state roads requiring lane closures from March 9 through March 25. 

Escambia County:

• U.S. 29 Resurfacing between U.S. 90 and Muscogee Road - Alternating and intermittent lane closures on U.S. 29, from Muscogee Road to West 9 ½ Mile Road, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Friday, March 16 and Saturday, March 17 as crews pave the roadway.
• State Road (S.R.)  742 (Creighton Road) Construction Improvement Project from east of Davis Highway to Scenic Highway- Intermittent and alternating lane closures between Davis Highway and Scenic Highway from 8:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Sunday, March 18 through Saturday, March 24 continue as crews perform milling, paving, sidewalk and curb replacement.
• U.S. 98 Pensacola Bay Bridge Replacement - Alternating east and westbound lane closures between 14th Avenue in Pensacola and Bay Bridge Drive in Gulf Breeze, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday, March 18 through Sunday, March 25 as crews perform construction activities. 
• U.S. 29 Widening from I-10 to Nine Mile Road- Drivers traveling U.S. 29 and Nine Mile Road will encounter traffic pattern changes from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday, March 11 through Saturday, March 17 as follows:

• S.R. 10 (U.S. 90) Over Escambia River Routine Bride Inspection- There will be intermittent east and westbound lane restrictions on U.S. 90 over the Escambia River, 5.4 miles east of U.S. 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, March 12 as crews perform a routine bridge inspection.

All activities are weather dependent and may be delayed or re-scheduled in the event of inclement weather. Drivers are reminded to use caution, especially at night, when traveling through a work zone and to watch for construction workers and equipment entering and exiting the roadway. 

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