The Maryland State Highway Administration is alerting drivers on River Road near the Washington, D.C. line of an end-of-May lane closure. An electronic billboard states that the right lane of River Road will be closed at Western Avenue "on or about May 31." Thus, the new trend of low-information SHA messages continues. I'm not the only one to notice this, as The Washington Post's John Kelly recently wrote a whole column about vague SHA digital messages.
One presumes it applies to the eastbound (inbound) side of the road, as that is the side the sign is facing. Yet, if the lane closure starts at Western Avenue...it would be on the D.C. side, and the sign should be placed at the D.C. line by the D.C. Department of Transportation. As with many recent SHA digital messages, shrug your shoulders and file this away as expecting to have to change lanes somewhere in the vicinity of the D.C. line, or - better yet - plan to use Wisconsin or Massachusetts Avenue to enter the District that day.
3 comments:
It is a rotating random inconvenience of daily commuters.
Wash gas is doing major work under River Rd. The western most lane on River heading north will be closed for several months. I believe the sign should be interpreted “as lane closing beginning on or about 5/31” not simply closed only on 5/31
MD used to have pretty creative and fun construction warning signage that said 'Prepare for sudden aggravation,' and similar. I guess it got so bad, especially along River Road's constant upheaval that humor wasn't cutting it anymore.
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