"Bridge will be set for holiday"> _Baltimore Sun_ - April 20, 2005> Excerpts:>

'All five lanes of the Bay Bridge are expected be open by Memorial Day> weekend, state transportation officials said yesterday in an update on a> resurfacing project that has drawn widespread criticism for inefficiency> and ineffectiveness.'>

'Transportation Secretary Robert L. Flanagan said the state has brought> in a second work crew to make sure the westbound span is ready for the> traditional start of the summer travel season. He said crews have> finished pouring concrete on about half of the 7,640 feet of road> scheduled to be resurfaced in the $71 million project.'>

'"We feel very good about being done by Memorial Day," Flanagan said,> though he added that a specific finish date has not been set.'>

'The secretary said that after the current phase of the resurfacing is> complete, work crews will not return to the bridge regularly until late> 2006. Even then, he said, round-the-clock lane closures won't be> necessary. One lane of the bridge's westbound span has been closed> almost nonstop this year, causing regular backups at rush hour.'>

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"Scott M. Kozel" wrote:>

More likely before the holiday.>

As of about a month ago all of the total deck replacement was> complete in the tangent on the west end of the bridge and the> two spans in the section east of the truss span.>

As of this past weekend all of the surface replacement east of the> truss span was complete.>

The last couple of days was spent moving the paving train> equipment to the two segments west of the suspension span.>

Looks like they are going to have two paving train working at> the same time.

John R Cambron <*cambronj@chesapea­ke.net*> wrote:> >

It will be nice to have no construction on the bridge until late 2006.

It sounds like the remaining work beginning in late 2006 will be> accomplished during overnight closures of part of the bridge, where> existing panels of the bridge will be removed and new pre-fabricated> panels will be installed, with all lanes open during the day and on> weekends, similar to the I-95 James River Bridge Restoration between> 1999 and 2002.

"Scott M. Kozel" wrote:>

They will likely close the right lane next fall during the week> to redo the bad sections and have it ready to open on weekends.> This is how they did the middle lane between the truss span and> the east anchorage of the suspension bridge two years ago. They> milled off about about 600 to 800 feet of the lane Sunday and> Monday night, clean and dress the surface Tuesday, pour concrete> on Wednesday and opened it to traffic Friday afternoon.>

I will assume those pre-fabricated panels will be on the> suspension span and or in the truss spans.