First Alert Traffic: NDOT delays I-80 project at 84th Street until Wednesday - WOWT

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - At the moment, traffic is moving smoothly on I-80 through Omaha, but that will change because the Nebraska Department of Transportation is ready to do a big overhaul of several bridges from 84th Street to roughly 60th Street.

“It’s the replacement of the approach slabs to the 84th Street bridge, the Big Papio Creek bridge which is just the east of there, and also the Little Papio Creek bridge which is between 60th (Street) and 72nd Street,” NDOT’s Tim Weander said.

UPDATE: NDOT has cancelled plans to do some lane shifts and ramp closures tonight due to weather. They must need absolutely ZERO rain chances to do what they need to do. Likely has something to do with striping the new lanes. Can’t do that on wet pavement. https://t.co/7ewMyb5DoU

— Clay Ostarly (@ClayOstarly) July 6, 2021

The biggest of these repairs is the westbound 84th Street bridge. This is where the approach slabs will be completely replaced and will require a closure of the westbound side of I-80.

That closure will happen in two phases on the eastbound side.

“We’ll reduce the lanes from four lanes to three lanes, and we’ll shift those all to the outside three lanes,” Weander said.

The on-ramps to eastbound I-80 from 84th Street were also originally slated to close Tuesday night and will not reopen until November.

NDOT initially planned to close westbound lanes and shift them into the eastbound lanes on Wednesday, Weander said. That’s when the westbound on-ramps from 84th and 72nd streets will close, and traffic will be head-to-head with three lanes in both directions from 78th to 87th streets.

The only ramp to stay open will be the westbound off-ramp at 84th Street.

This phase of the project is expected to last roughly 50 days. That’s when NDOT expects to shift traffic back to its normal flow.

NDOT says they will be reducing the speed limit in this construction zone, and said drivers should expect delays. They encourage as many drivers as possible to consider an alternate east and west route, and advise any through-traffic to use 680 to go around Omaha instead.

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