Schedule of Upcoming Hanover Street Bridge Weekend Closures for Ongoing Maintenance Work

Traffic Advisory

Contact:  German Vigil
               Kathy Dominick
               (410) 361-9296

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, November 7, 2019

Schedule of Upcoming Hanover Street Bridge Weekend Closures for Ongoing Maintenance Work

Next full closure of the bridge will occur this weekend

The Baltimore City Department of Transportation would like to advise motorists of the upcoming Hanover Street Bridge/Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge weekend closures for ongoing maintenance work. 

On the dates and times listed below, the Hanover Street Bridge/Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge will be closed to through traffic in both directions between Waterview Avenue and Cromwell Street with detours in effect.  These scheduled closure dates will occur weather permitting and are subject to change:

• 8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 8, 2019 through 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2019
• 8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019 through 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, 2019
• 8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 2019 through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, November 24, 2019
• 8:00 p.m. on Friday, December 6, 2019 through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, 2019
• 8:00 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2019 through 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 14, 2019
• 8:00 p.m. on Friday, December 20, 2019 through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, December 22, 2019

Variable message signs will be deployed in the area to alert motorists of the closures.  Motorists traveling in the vicinity of the bridge on these dates and times should be on the watch for changing traffic patterns and are encouraged to use alternate routes.

During the closure, citizens should utilize Russell Street/MD-295 as an alternate route: 

Southbound Hanover Street detour:

Southbound Hanover Street traffic will be detoured south on I-95, south on MD-295, south on Waterview Avenue via the Annapolis Road exit, then back to Hanover Street.

 

Northbound Hanover Street detour:

Northbound Hanover Street traffic will be detoured west on Waterview Avenue via the Annapolis Road exit, north on the service road to MD-295/Russell Street, east on Hamburg Street back to Hanover Street. 

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