Get ready, Lloyd Expressway drivers: Revamped intersections will open this week
Weather permitting, the Lloyd's new interchanges with Stockwell Road will be unveiled to the public on Wednesday after the "morning peak travel period" ends, the Indiana Department of Transportation said in a news release Monday morning.
Motorists heading east on the Lloyd and looking to turn north onto Stockwell will come upon a displaced left. They'll have to enter the left turn lanes right as they pass Vann Avenue and well before they reach the main intersection.
"Pay attention to signs and pavement markings to avoid missing your opportunity to go north," the release states.
Westbound Lloyd drivers wanting to head south on Stockwell, meanwhile, will navigate a boulevard left. They will actually go through the main intersection and then spill into a left turn lane that will eventually allow them to make a U-turn. That will send them back the opposite direction to then turn right onto Stockwell.
According to the release, police officers will be on scene to "encourage traffic calming" − as in, make sure drivers navigate the designs smoothly.
On Tuesday, crews will actually block traditional left turns onto northbound Stockwell to prep for the unveiling. And there will be additional closures as workers add new pavement striping between Stockwell and the Pigeon Creek Bridge.
The Stockwell work is one small part of the yearslong, $100 million overhaul of the Lloyd Expressway that's meant to improve safety and travel times. And as one project ends, two more are set to begin.
On Monday, crews planned to begin prep work for huge undertakings at two of the busiest intersections in Evansville: the Lloyd and Burkhart Road, and the Lloyd and Cross Pointe Boulevard.
Both will receive displaced left turns in each direction. Drivers will start to see closures of interior lanes as workers remove concrete medians.
This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: When will new intersections open on Evansville's Lloyd Expressway?
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