One mile of the Seward Highway will be closed for one hour this Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Mile 99-100 will close the highway from 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm during two of the last four planned closures during July.
Shannon McCarthy with the Department of Transportation said that project will add a passing lane for northbound traffic just south of Bird Creek.
McCarthy: “That project is moving along on schedule, we’ve mentioned it to you before that we’re closing it for an hour in the evenings[on Tuesdays and Thursdays], that will go on for the month of July and that one is set to conclude this season as well.”
After this Thursday, just two closures remain on July 28 and 30.
That project will widen the current highway around 34-38 feet.
For all other weekdays, drivers should expect new traffic patterns with lane shifts, intermittent lane restrictions, flagging operations and minimal delays from 5:00 am to 3:00 pm.
For more information, please call (907) 522-1707, ext. 604, visit AlaskaNavigator.org or 511.Alaska.Gov.
