Ramp-widening project at Maugans Avenue/I-81 north of Hagerstown to begin

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The Maryland State Highway Administration is starting an approximately yearlong $4 million ramp widening and signalization project this week at Interstate 81's Exit 9 ramps at Maugans Avenue north of Hagerstown.

The project is scheduled to be completed by summer 2024, according to a state highway news release. The work will improve safety, reduce congestion and increase mobility.

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The I-81/Maugans Avenue interchange project includes:

  • Adding an extra lane on the ramps from Maugans Avenue to southbound I-81, from southbound I-81 to Maugans Avenue, and from northbound I-81 to Maugans Avenue.

  • Reconstructing traffic signals at the northbound and southbound I-81 exit ramps.

  • Improving lighting and signage.

  • Patching, at full-depth, the shoulders on Maugans Avenue at the I-81 interchange.

  • Reconstructing the median along Maugans Avenue at the I-81 interchange.

  • Improving storm drainage.

  • Constructing erosion and sediment facilities.

Weather permitting, work will be done Mondays through Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and overnights, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

A yearlong $4 million ramp widening and signalization project, starting in September 2023, will improve safety, reduce congestion and increase mobility at the Interstate 81 interchange with Maugans Avenue, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration.
A yearlong $4 million ramp widening and signalization project, starting in September 2023, will improve safety, reduce congestion and increase mobility at the Interstate 81 interchange with Maugans Avenue, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration.

Temporary barriers will be set up on the southbound and northbound Exit 9 Maugans Avenue ramps. A temporary barrier wall also will be placed on the southbound entrance ramp and on Maugans Avenue.

There will be intermittent lane closures during the project.

Contractor F.O. Day, of Rockville, Md., will use signs, cones and barrels to safely guide motorists through the work zone, according to the release.

For a list of all major State Highway Administration projects, go to the project portal or homepage at roads.maryland.gov.

For a look at real-time traffic conditions, go to md511.maryland.gov.

This article originally appeared on The Herald-Mail: Ramp-widening project at Maugans Avenue/I-81 to begin