Construction Alert: University Boulevard Bridge Over Beltway

Traffic lanes are shifting in Silver Spring, as workers repair the bridge on University Boulevard (MD 193) over the Capital Beltway (I-495).

The Maryland State Highway Administration will temporarily shift traffic lanes in both directions of MD 193 from Indian Spring Drive to Lexington Drive on weekdays, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. and overnights, Sunday through Thursday, between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. 

Traffic lanes will also in both directions of I-495 between MD 193 and US 29 (Colesville Road) overnight, Sunday through Thursday, between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. 

The $9.6 million project should be complete late 2015. According to SHA, nearly 44,000 motorists use this portion of University Boulevard daily.

The rehabilitation work will include a complete replacement of the driving surface, repairs to the structure underneath the bridge, cleaning and painting of the bridge's steel beams and reconstruction and resurfacing of the approaches to the bridge on University Boulevard, including the interchange ramps at I-495. 

SHA’s contractor for the work is Martins Construction Corporation of Falls Church, VA.

Stay alert and watch for construction cones, flashing arrows and flags to drive safely through this area.