Drivers can expect lane closings along Interstate 495, between Haverhill and Methuen, over the next two weeks as steel goes up on the first of two replacement bridges over the Merrimack River.
Temporary nightly lane closings begin Monday, Sept. 28, as needed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., between Exit 105, Route 213 in Methuen, to Exit 106, Ward Hill Connector.
Long steel beams have appeared in the median between the northbound and southbound lanes in anticipation of construction. Current activities include bridge substructure construction on the Ward Hill Connector, formally, Industrial Avenue, over I-495, and structural steel erection at the I-495 stage one bridge. There is a reduced work zone speed limit of 55 miles per hour on I-495 along the work area.