PONCHATOULA—Several bridges along LA 22 will be limited to one-lane of travel midweek as DOTD conducts inspections of those structures.
Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller said DOTD is scheduled to inspect a series of bridges between Brown Road and Fairhope Drive on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
Starting at 8:30 a.m., on Wednesday, Dec. 14, and continuing through approximately 2 p.m., on Thursday, Dec. 15, crews will intermittently close alternating lanes on the bridges being inspected. Affected bridges will be reduced to one 12-foot lane during the inspection process.
DOTD is recommending that motorists use alternate routes, if possible, during the inspection process.
Miller said DOTD has announced continued work on the Wadesboro Road bridge project. Started in July of this year, construction is now scheduled to continue through the end of this month. The Wadesboro Road bridge is located approximately .7 miles west of the I-55 Southwest Service Road in Ponchatoula. Detours are posted.
In terms of local road work, Miller said crews will be working this week on the following Phase 22 road overlay projects:
- Soil Cement: Joe Dyson Road, Wallace Court, and Peck Martin;
- Paving: Riverdale Heights, Brignac Road, Company Road, Rhodus Road, Thurland McGee Road, Otis Slaven, Forbes Road, Hilburn, Dykes Road, Jaun Wood Road, Miller Road, Arcola Road, Verberne Road, Hunt Road, Joe Dyson Road, Peck Martin, Willie McCoy Road, E. Mulberry Street, and Wallace Road;
- Patching: Willie McCoy, and East Mulberry Street;
- Dressing: Bradford, Wilson, LA Polo Farms, Spirit of the Forest, Song of the Forest, Riverdale Heights, North Brignac Road, Company Road, Rhodus Road, Thurland McGee, Hilburn Road, S. Dykes Road, Otis Slaven Road, Forbes, Jaun Wood, and Miller Road.
RPC crews will continue adding rumble strips on Rufus Bankston, Wardline Road, and Sisters Road, as possible.
All work is weather-permitting. Any related closures will be posted on the day of construction.
