Personal Injury Law

Omaha Road Construction announced for Remainder of the Year - Avoid the Orange Barrels and Associated Accidents

By Craig Kelley

Remember. Fines double, and so do travel times and your odds of haiving an accident.  Be SAFE!

From Omaha.com:

Short-term
• L Street: one eastbound lane closed between 24th and 23rd Street; utility work; through Friday, April 18.
• Ames Avenue: one eastbound lane closed between 57th and 56th Street; utility work; through Thursday, April 17.
• 30th Street: one southbound lane closed from Wirt to Binney Streets; sewer inlet repair; through Friday, April 18.
• L Street: one eastbound lane closed from 42nd to 41st Streets; utility work; through Tuesday, April 15.
• Howard Street: one eastbound lane closed from 18th Street to 19th Avenue; utility work; through April.
• Abbott Drive: restricted to head to head traffic in the westbound lanes from Lindbergh Drive to Fourth Circle; utility work; through Monday, April 21.
• 20th Street: closed to through traffic from Woolworth Avenue to Center Street; utility work; through mid May. A detour will be posted.
• Florence BouFrom Omaha.com:thbound lane closed from Webster to Burt Streets; utility work; through Tuesday, April 22.
• 72nd Street: one southbound lane closed from Poppleton Avenue to Hickory Street; storm sewer construction; through May.
• 24th Street: head-to-head traffic in northbound lanes from Pinkney to Evans Street; utility work; through Wednesday, April 23.
• Abbott Drive: one lane eastbound and one westbound lane closed from Lindbergh Drive to Fourth Circle; utility work; through Tuesday, April 15.
• Harney Street: one eastbound lane closed from 18th Street through the intersection at 17th Street; utility work; through Monday, April 21.
• 17th Street: one southbound lane closed from Farnam to Harney Streets; utility work; through Monday, April 21.
• Howard Street: one westbound lane closed from 17th to 18th Streets; utility work; through Monday, April 21.
• Dodge Street: one westbound lane closed from 20th to 24th Streets; utility work; through Monday, April 14.
• Harney Street: two eastbound lanes closed from 33rd Street to Dewey Avenue; utility work; through April.
Closed roads
Listed by expected opening
• Spring 2008 - Gifford Road from 13th Street to M Street for street reconfiguration.
• May 2008 - Izard Street is closed between 12th and 14th Streets, and 14th Street is closed from Cuming to Izard Street for construction.
• June 2008 - Aksarben Drive from Center to Pine Streets, and Mercy Road from Aksarben Drive to 72nd Street for street construction.
• June 2008 - Crown Point Avenue: closed from Blair High Road to Wenninghoff Road; drainage channel improvements.
• November 2009 - 33rd Street: closed from Dodge to Farnam Streets; street reconstruction.
Restricted roads
By expected completion
• May 2008 - 13th Street: one lane closed each direction from Missouri Avenue to O Street.
• Summer 2008 - 204th Street: restricted from Cedar Street to Laramie Road for street reconstruction.
• June 2008 - The intersection of 144th Street and Industrial Road: various lane restrictions; street reconstruction.
• June 2008 - Capitol Avenue: one eastbound lane closed from 14th to 15th Street.
• August 2008 - The southbound west parking lane and west traffic lane of 20th Street are closed from California to Webster Streets for construction work.
• Fall 2008 - U.S. 75: lanes restricted between Hamilton and Fort Streets from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. on various nights; pavement repair.
• Fall 2008 - Farnam Street: one westbound lane closed from Turner Boulevard to 33rd Street; building construction.
• Fall 2008 - Abbott Drive: northbound curb lane closed along the Airport Parking Facility; construction.
• November 2008 - Building demolition will restrict Jackson Street from 13th to 14th Streets, and 14th Street from Howard to Jackson Streets.

Full post as published by Omaha Personal Injury Lawyer on April 16, 2008 (boomark / email).