What: Glenstone Avenue OPEN to two lanes at Route 60 in Springfield
When: By afternoon rush hour today (Monday, September 9)
Additional Traffic Information for Glenstone Avenue/Route 60 Interchange:
- At the westbound Route 60-to-northbound Glenstone Avenue ramp, one right-turn lane closed. One right-turn lane remains open to “free” rights.
- Eastbound on ramp from Glenstone Avenue to Route 60 remains CLOSED
Why: Traffic engineers monitoring the traffic patterns in southeast Springfield made the adjustments at the Glenstone Avenue/Route 60 interchange to help with traffic flow as part of the overall traffic management plan for the closing of northbound Route 65 during Route 65: THE REBUILD.
(Weather or construction delays could alter the work schedule.)
Project Summary:
- Sunday-Thursday, August 4-8 -- COMPLETE
- All southbound lanes of Route 65 CLOSED between Sunshine Street and Battlefield Road
- Southbound on ramp from Sunshine Street to Route 65 CLOSED
- Southbound off ramp from Route 65 to Battlefield Road CLOSED
- Thursday-Tuesday, August 8-20 -- COMPLETE
- All southbound lanes of Route 65 CLOSED between Battlefield Road and Route 60
- Southbound Route 65 OPEN between Sunshine Street and Battlefield Road, but reduced to one lane
- Southbound on ramp from Battlefield Road to Route 65 CLOSED
- Southbound Route 65-to-westbound Route 60 ramp CLOSED
All lanes of Route 65 open during the Labor Day holiday (Tuesday-Friday, August 20-September 6)
- Friday-Friday, September 6-20 (All northbound Route 65 lanes could be open as early as Saturday or Sunday, Sept. 14 or 15)
- All northbound lanes of Route 65 CLOSED between Route 60 and Sunshine Street
- Eastbound Route 60-to-northbound Route 65 ramp CLOSED
- Westbound Route 60-to-northbound Route 65 ramp CLOSED
- Northbound off ramp from Route 65 to Battlefield Road CLOSED
- Northbound on ramp from Battlefield Road to northbound Route 65 CLOSED
- Northbound off ramp from Route 65 to Sunshine Street CLOSED
- Eastbound on ramp from Glenstone Avenue to Route 60 CLOSED
- Route 60 crossovers CLOSED between Route 65 and Greene County Routes NN/J
- September 20-November 1
- Nighttime lane closings for shoulder construction/guardrail/striping
- Prime Contractor: Emery Sapp and Sons, Inc. of Columbia
- Completion Date: November 2019 (However, contractor plans to complete project by late September.)
- Total Project Cost: $8.1 million
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