The Mississippi Department of Transportation issued the following announcement.
WHO: The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT).
WHAT: Temporary bridge closure.
WHEN: The closure will begin on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, and expected to remain in place through summer 2025.
WHERE: Both directions of U.S. 80 over the Pearl River at the Hinds/Rankin County line.
WHY: The closure is part of a bridge rehabilitation project that entails the removal of three steel girder spans and implementation of a new bridge deck and railing.
HOW: Drivers are encouraged to plan an alternate route around the closure using State St., I-20, U.S. 49 and other local roads. Click HERE for a map of the proposed alternate routes both U.S. 80 eastbound and westbound traffic, along with video and photos of the bridge.
Message boards will soon be in place to warn drivers of the upcoming closure. Stay updated at MDOTtraffic.com, download the MDOT Traffic mobile app, and follow @MississippiDOT on Facebook and X.
10 comments:
Very, very poor planning by MDOT. Slowing the flow of traffic on I-55 and closing Hwy 80, you have set up rush hour disaster. People trying to get to Jackson will be severely negatively affected by this every morning. Very poor planning.
1) MHP will have to find another location for the holiday touch-your-nose and blow-test.
2) How will folks find Romantic Adventures?
3) How will this affect the under-the-bridge dwellers? Will Chokwe grant them free passage, compliments of City Council, to Lakeland Drive?
Did MDOT even consider these important issues?
Well, 10:19, with your engineering degree, surely you can tell us WTF else could be done in order to perform necessary repairs?
thanks for the video Kingfish. Love snoopy and woodstock. Schulz was a genius.
6 months. While in NC they are completing the same in 3 weeks.
The Chinese have invented a shovel that stands up by itself, so DOT could probably reduce the number of workers assigned to this project. They could also save money by not having to purchase as many clipboards.
Former MDOT employee here. The District 5 Bridge Inspectors, and the engineers in charge, likely found something that expedited the need for a closure and remediation. Go watch a video of a bridge collapse during rush hour and ask yourself if the "minor inconvenience" is worth it?
A couple of MDOT workers are standing around looking at the ground when one suddenly steps on a snail. The other worker asks "why did you do that?" He replied "that snail has been following me around for two days."
All you smarty pants realize that a major bridge fell down this year and killed people right?
Minor inconvenience?
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