[RP TownTalk] Temporary closing of Route 450

[Vernon Archer]

Dear friends and neighbors,

Please note the following information regarding the temporary closing of
Route 450:
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*STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE MD 450 AT THE
**CSX**CROSSING NEAR PEACE CROSS IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY THIS
WEEKEND
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* *

*Crews to Remove Train Tracks from MD 450 near the Peace Cross in
Bladensburg;*

* Work Scheduled **FRIDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 9 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY
11; **MOTORISTS ENCOURAGED TO AVOID THE AREA *

* *

*(**January 6, 2009**)* – This weekend, as part of the State Highway
Administration's (SHA) $70 million railroad bridge construction project
along MD 450 near the Peace Cross in Prince George's County, SHA will remove
the two sets of existing railroad tracks along MD 450.  The work will
require a *temporary closure of both directions of MD 450 beginning this
Friday night January 9, through Sunday morning January 11 weather permitting
*.  The total closure this weekend is necessary to ensure worker and
motorist safety as crews remove the old tracks from MD 450 and resurface the
impacted area.



*Beginning at **8 p.m.** this Friday, the contractor will close all lanes of
both directions of       MD 450; all lanes should be open to traffic by **2
a.m.** Sunday morning.*



Traffic intending to travel along eastbound MD 450, motorists will be
detoured at Peace Cross to northbound US 1 Alternate for one additional
block, to a right onto Upshur Street, a right onto southbound MD 201, and a
right back onto eastbound MD 450.



Traffic intending to travel along westbound MD 450 toward Peace Cross (where


MD 450 officially ends and US 1 Alternate continues into Washington, DC)
must turn right at 48th Street (which is the on ramp for northbound MD 201),
to a left onto westbound

MD 410, a left onto southbound US 1 and a left onto US 1 Alternate, which
connects to MD 450.



SHA will use variable message signs to guide motorists along the detours.  The
overall MD 450 project began fall 2004 and is expected to be completed by
winter 2009, weather permitting.  SHA's contractor for the project is
Balfour Beatty Construction, Inc. of Hyattsville, Md.



Those who have questions about MD 450 or any other State numbered roadway in
Prince George's County should call SHA's District 3 Office at 1-800-749-0737
.  SHA encourages all motorists to drive responsibly and "Think Orange"
while driving through work zones by driving the speed limit and remaining
alert at all times.


-- 
Vernon Archer, Mayor
Town of Riverdale Park, Maryland
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