HEADS UP: Starting this spring, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) will begin an improvement project to enhance safety and traffic operations at the intersection of MD 108 (Clarksville Pike) and Centennial Lane/Beaverbrook Road in Columbia. Utility relocations are already underway.
Project improvements include:
- Widening both directions of MD 108 approaching Centennial Lane/Beaverbrook Road to accommodate new turning lanes at the intersection and new bicycle lanes;
- Constructing a new second left-turn lane from eastbound MD 108 to Centennial Lane;
- Extending the right lane on westbound MD 108 by approximately 350 feet;
- Widening Centennial Lane to accommodate the new double left-turn lanes;
- Upgrading the pedestrian signal and crosswalk;
- Improving area drainage systems; and
- Installing a new traffic signal for the new turn lanes.
Electronic message signs and barrels and flagging operations will be in place as occasional single-lane closures will be required. However, SHA does not anticipate any traffic detours and pedestrian access in the area will be maintained during construction. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by fall 2022.
While SHA and its transportation partners work hard to maintain safe traffic mobility in work zones, drivers are reminded to stay alert and look for reduced speed limits, narrow driving lanes and highway workers. Please slow down and don’t follow too closely when traveling through a work zone. Remember, work zone safety is in your hands.
For questions and/or more information about this project, visit https://bit.ly/3c8spzd and/or contact SHA at 410-545-0303.
