From RMA; The Boulevard “Nickel” Bridge will close Monday, April 9, at 11p.m. until 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 10, for general maintenance, including curb line sweeping and on-bridge street light replacement. This maintenance is weather permitting. Motorists should use alternate routes during this period.
Northbound Powhite near the Jahnke Rd interchange will have a brief but complete shutdown tomorrow late-morning. A sign installation will require the closure, for which an exact time has not been announced, but RMA officials suggest in the 10-11AM area.
The new express lane system is being tested on the Powhite today, 10:30-2ish. No word whether any lane closures or delays are expected, but be forewarned…
Starting tomorrow, northbound Powhite’s gonna be a rush-hour parking lot: Motorists traveling northbound through the Powhite Parkway mainline toll plaza will experience significant morning rush hour delays beginning Tuesday, June 3, as toll lanes are reduced from nine to six lanes. The three-lane closure marks the beginning of the northbound installation of the Open Road [...]
As of 5:45ish, the entry ramp from eastbound Forest Hill to northbound Powhite was open to traffic again.
…that, despite what you might have heard on the radio or TV news, the new Southbound Powhite express lanes are not yet open. July 21 is the target open date.
No, the ramp isn’t opening earlier. Sorry to get your hopes up. According to the RMA: Demolition of part of the current southbound toll plaza starts Friday, 6PM The new southbound toll plaza opens Saturday (no time specified) Converting the rest of the existing plaza to express toll lanes Unless it rains, in which case [...]
Really they do. So on the heels of the Powhite ramp closure, which has made drive-time trips through the interchange area resemble a suburban take on The Road Warrior, the RMA hopes you’ll still love them now that they’re raising tolls. In September, tolls at the Powhite Pkwy and Downtown Expressway main plazas will increase [...]
