Hunts Falls Bridge Closures

From Pawtuckettville Neighborhood Group I got this notice from Mass Highway Dep't.

TRAFFIC ADVISORY
For Immediate
Release

January 28, 2011

HUNTS FALLS BRIDGE NIGHTTIME DETOURS
JANUARY 31ST THROUGH FEBRUARY 4th

Northbound traffic travelling over the Route 38/110 (Hunts Falls) bridge over the Merrimack River in Lowell will be detoured nightly between 8:00 PM and 5:00 AM beginning on Monday evening, January 31st and continuing until Friday morning, February 4th, to allow construction crews to install several new water mains. The work is weather dependant and is subject to modification or cancellation.

Northbound drivers should follow the posted detour route from Route 38/110 (Nesmith Street), left at East Merrimack Street, right at Bridge Street, over the Central Bridge and onto the VFW Highway (Route 38), and continue to their destinations as indicated below.

*To Route 110 Eastbound:* Turn right on Route 38 and continue along the VFW Highway as it becomes Route 110.

*To Route 38 Northbound:* Turn left on Route 38.

Appropriate signs, channelizing devices and traffic control measures will be used to guide drivers through the work zone and the detour routes.

MassDOT encourages drivers to reduce speed and use caution when travelling through the work zone and along the associated detour route.

The work is part of a $12.1 million project to rehabilitate three bridges in Lowell and is funded through the Patrick-Murray Administration’s historic Accelerated Bridge Program, a $3 billion recovery effort to reduce the Commonwealth’s backlog of structurally-deficient bridges.

Good luck to all of us.

Regards  —  Cliff