Louis W. Bray Construction Limited has been retained by the Ministry of Transportation to perform construction work on the Highway 401 / Flagg Road underpass and Highway 401 / County Road 31 underpass, under contract number 2018-4023. Please be advised that construction on the structures at Highway 401 at Flagg Rd and County Road 31 will commence on April 23, 2019. The first stage of work will continue until November 29, 2019. The construction work involves the replacement of the Flagg Road Bridge and the partial removal and new substructure work for the County Road 31 Bridge (Morrisburg).
FLAGG RD CONSTRUCTION
The following closures are currently scheduled for the Flagg Road construction site:
- Flagg Road will be closed to all traffic from May 3, 2019 until November 15, 2019 for demolition of the existing bridge and full construction of a new bridge.
- Highway 401 Westbound will be closed to all traffic from County Road 31 (Interchange #750) to Carman Road (Interchange #738), including the westbound access ramp to Highway 401 at County Road 31, from 8:00pm on Friday May 10, 2019 until 8:00am on Saturday May 11, 2019, for demolition of half of the existing bridge over Highway 401.
- Highway 401 Eastbound will be closed to all traffic from Carman Road (Interchange #738) to County Road 31 (Interchange #750), including the eastbound access ramp to Highway 401 at Carman Rd, from 8:00pm on Saturday May 11, 2019 until 8:00am on Sunday May 12, 2019 for demolition of the remainder of the existing bridge over Highway 401.
- Traffic may be reduced to a single lane on Highway 401 Westbound and Eastbound intermittently through the construction season, during daylight hours Monday-Friday, for construction of the new bridge.
COUNTY RD 31 CONSTRUCTION
The following closures are currently scheduled for the County Road 31 construction site:
- County Road 31 will be closed to remove the east half of the bridge. A full closure of County Road 31 is scheduled to commence on two separate nights to complete this removal. The first scheduled closure will be starting at 8:00pm on Friday May 31, 2019 and reopen as of 8:00am on Saturday June 1, 2019. Similarly, the bridge will be closed to traffic again starting at 8:00pm on Saturday June 1, 2019 and opening as of 8:00am on Sunday June 2, 2019. County Road 31 will still remain open to traffic during construction of the new bridge however, traffic will be reduced to one lane both northbound and southbound.
- Highway 401 Westbound will be closed to all traffic from Upper Canada Rd (Interchange #758) to Carman Rd (Interchange #738), including the westbound access ramp to Highway 401 at Upper Canada Rd, from 8:00pm on Friday May 31, 2019 until 8:00am on Saturday June 1, 2019 to complete the demolition of a portion of the existing bridge.
- Highway 401 Eastbound will be closed to all traffic from County Rd 31 (Interchange #750) to Upper Canada Rd (Interchange #758), including the eastbound access ramp to Highway 401 at County Road 31 starting at 8:00pm on Saturday June 1, 2019 until 8:00am on Sunday June 2, 2019 to complete the demolition of the remaining half of the structure.