Ironbound Road Project to be Finished in February
The expansion of Ironbound Road is now expected to be complete in early February, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Before the project is done, crews must place topsoil and landscaping, complete roadway striping and install street signs.
There will be short lane closures throughout the project in order to complete the remaining work, said Jennifer Gwaltney, a VDOT spokesperson. The work will be performed as weather conditions and temperatures permit.
The project was originally estimated to be complete in December 2012. Construction began in late 2010, and includes widening and adding turn lanes to a 1.12-mile stretch of the road for a cost of $16.6 million. The original plan would have stretched Ironbound Road to four lanes from Strawberry Plains Road to Route 199, but due to a lack of transportation funding, the road will remain two lanes at DePue Drive (formerly known as the Longhill Connector Road).
The project is intended to improve safety and turning into and out of Berkeley Middle School. It has also added more turn lanes at the intersection with Monticello Avenue. An additional multi-use path on the west side of Ironbound Road connects the existing multi-use path on Monticello.
Read more about the project here.
Posted by Amber Lester Kennedy
on January 24, 2013. Filed under Local News.
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iron bound
January 25, 2013 at 6:49 pm
the road project to longer do to local taffice in and out of the area. the contractors has to provide safety plus deal with the rush hours. We all will benefit from the project
We Wonder Why Ironbound?
January 24, 2013 at 11:42 am
Has anyone considered WHY we need four-six lanes in that Ironbound stretch? How about this: the developers want a major artery going out to 199 so that when Eastern State lands are developed behind the hospital- they have a pre-made stretch ready to be continued past the Rec Center. All this stuff has long-range plans written all over it. We know that New Town’s Industrial section will also need wide roadways. Yes, folks, more and more development is planned. You can bank on it.
Freddie
January 24, 2013 at 9:44 am
it has taken longer to widen one mile of Ironbound than it did to widen I-64 in Hampton to 3 lanes. Thats some crazy stuff there.