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Interstate 59 and 10 Pavement Restoration Project

Work is continuing on the Interstate 59 and Interstate 10 pavement restoration project in Forrest, Jones, Pearl River, and Jackson counties. $8.5 million project was awarded to Dunn Roadbuilders of Laurel, MS.  Most of the operations are currently in Forrest and Jones counties. Ramp and shoulder paving operations are currently being conducted in Forrest County around the intersection of I-59 and U.S. Highway 49 and along the northbound lanes of I-59

I-59 Work Continues

from the Forrest/Lamar county line up to the Evelyn Gandy Parkway. Grading operations are being conducted in the median along I-59 approximately 2500 feet south of the Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport Exit. The project is scheduled for completion date near the end of November.

Interstate 59 Reconstruction Project:
MDOT is in the final phase of work on the $11.6 million Interstate 59 reconstruction project in Jones County, just north of the construction zone formerly known as the ‘S-Curve’.  The contract was awarded to Tanner Construction involving two miles of roadway on I-59 from Fourth Avenue to Chantilly Street.  Crews have finished the deck slab on bridges spanning Fourth Avenue, Masonite Road, and Walter’s Avenue.  They have recently completed driving piles for the bridge that spans Highway 15 (Cook Avenue).  Crews have now begun work along the Highway 84 section of the project to begin the substructure work in that area.

Crews will soon begin the lane widening process, which will leave 6 feet for an inside shoulder, two 12 feet travel lanes and 10 feet for the outside shoulder.  Crews have installed all retaining walls from Fourth Avenue to Walters Avenue.  These modular block walls allow MDOT to obtain the required slopes without acquiring additional right-of-way.  Three more walls are scheduled to be installed with one being at Highway15 and two more around the Highway 84 connection in the upcoming months.  This project is due to be completed in the spring of 2011.

Highway 42 East Widening Project:

The $13.5 million project Highway 42 East widening project was awarded to Dunn Roadbuilders this spring.  Crews will work to widen the existing two-lane section to four lanes between Corinth Road and Macedonia Road in Petal.  This construction project is scheduled for completion in May 2012.

Highway 49 ITS Project:
Work is continuing on an Intelligent Technology Systems (ITS) project to install fiber optic cables along U.S. Highway 49 from Hardy Street in Hattiesburg south to Elks Lake Road.  Webster Electric Company of Meridian, MS. was awarded the $800 thousand project which will integrate the signals into the existing ITS system on Highway 49 north of Hardy Street to Classic Drive. Once this phase of the project is completed, all of the signals on Highway 49 through Hattiesburg will be a part of the centralized ACTRA signal server located at the recently opened Hattiesburg Regional Traffic Management Center (TMC) at the District Six Headquarters.  MDOT monitoring staff will use the system to observe traffic flow that is displayed on a video wall and send pertinent information to the public via www.mstraffic.com.

U.S. Highway 98 Project in Hattiesburg:
MDOT is nearing completion of a comprehensive project involving six miles of U.S. Highway 98 West in Lamar County. The $ 7.5 million project, awarded to Dunn Roadbuilders, of Laurel, MS, involves work to resurface all lanes and pave the shoulders of the roadway starting at Weathersby Road and continuing west to Highway 589.  Work on the project will be limited during peak travel times, and crews will be conducting some of the work at night.  The project is scheduled for completion this fall.

Hattiesburg Pathway and Overpass Improvement Project:

Work has begun a comprehensive pathway project at U.S. Highway 49 between the Fourth Street Overpass to the Longleaf Trace Overpass adjacent to the University of Southern Mississippi campus in Hattiesburg.  The $838,500 project was awarded to Coleman Hammons Construction Company of Brandon, Mississippi.  The project is scheduled for completion in November, 2010.