MassDOT Advisory: Raynham

 Overnight Bridge Painting Operations on Orchard Street Bridge over Route 24
 
Work will begin at 9 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, and will continue weekly, Sunday through Friday, during overnight hours from 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. 
 
Work is anticipated to be conducted for four weeks
 
 
RAYNHAM - The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing it will be conducting overnight bridge painting operations on the Orchard Street Bridge located over Route 24 northbound and southbound in Raynham.  The work will begin at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, and will continue weekly, Monday through Friday, during overnight hours from 9:00 p.m. to 5:30 the following morning.  The work is anticipated to be completed in four weeks.
 
Standard traffic control management operations will be utilized including the use of various lane and shoulder closures and police details. 
 
The contractor will temporarily close one active lane at a time starting with the breakdown and travel lanes. Those lanes will be opened and then the high-speed lane will be temporarily closed as work progresses.  After the work in the southbound direction has been completed, painting operations will switch to the northbound direction following the same pattern.