New Jersey road contractor R.E. Pierson will begin the next phase of work on the Route 141 Centre Road project on Friday.
On that day, traffic will be shifted into a new pattern on the newly reconstructed northbound lanes of the roadway allowing one lane of southbound traffic and one lane of northbound traffic.
This will allow for the complete closure of the southbound Route 141 lanes from Route 100/Montchanin Road to Route 48/Lancaster Pike.
Ramps from northbound Route 141 to Route 52/Kennett Pike north and south will also reopen. The traffic shift is expected to take place in the 8:00 p.m. hour Friday evening.
The $17 million project, which began in October 2017, is replacing the existing concrete roadway on this 1.4-mile section of Route 141 and on the Route 52/Kennett Pike interchange ramps, as well as replace concrete curbing, drainage, and guardrails. The work on Route 141 south is expected to be completed in November 2018 with two lanes of traffic restored for both northbound and southbound traffic.
Unlike other Route 141 projects that have run into problems with aging bridges and overpasses and in one case the detection of asbestos, the northern project has not seen delays.
Beginning on June 29, 2018, southbound lanes and ramps to Route 52 will be closed for Phase 4 of the Centre Road project. Barley Mill Road at Route 141 will also be completely closed during this phase of work.
Delays will be similar along Route 141 to what motorists experienced in the current phase of the project and DelDOT is strongly recommending that motorists continue to use alternate routes as major delays will persist into November 2018.
The ramp from Route 141 southbound to Route 52/Kennett Pike north as well as the ramps from Route 52/Kennett Pike north and south to Route 141 southbound will be closed for the duration of work to reconstruct the southbound lanes of the road. In addition, Barley Mill Road will also be completely closed just prior to Route 141. Detour routes will be posted.
During the closures of the Route 52/Kennett Pike ramps located on the southbound side of Route 141 traffic will be detoured onto Route 100/Montchanin Road. During the closing of Barley Mill Road Route 141, traffic will be detoured onto Lancaster Pike and Centerville Road.
Traffic was relatively smooth at off-peak periods during the first phase of the project, but back-ups were sizable during commutes.
