The Charles Street Roundabout is finally slated to be removed this weekend, with the traffic lights installed in December 2010 to be made active. When the new traffic lights at Charles St were installed, I was hoping the roundabout would be no longer needed. Closing/removing it took longer than expected, but I am [...]
The Charles Street construction will take another hard hit at traffic when the right lane that feeds to both Kenilworth Avenue and 695 East will be closed for about 8 weeks beginning April 2, 2012. The State Highway Administration's site says, "This temporary turn lane closure will allow crews to safely widen Charles Street North [...]
The Charles St construction continues and will cause more snafus beginning this week as the ramp to Westbound 695 will be closed beginning Tuesday. The sign announcing the closure went up last week. The Charles St entrance to 695 East is still closed. It appears the ramp to Bellona from Charles St, with the entrance [...]
The new traffic lights are being installed at both the Charles St Roundabout and the off ramp from I-695 coming from the east, hoping to alleviate some of the traffic issues the area has faced for some time. This is all part of the Charles St Bridge Construction project. The light structures were installed over [...]
On August 10, the Charles Street ramp to 695 West closed, and the roundabout entrance to that & I-83N reopened. Traffic before had been routed coming north into the right lane to enter the Beltway, and those traveling south have used alternate routes to access I-695W since that entrance closed in early April. According to [...]
The Charles Street construction project is about to cause more confusion and frustration beginning April 4, 2010. Currently there are two avenues to get onto 695 West and 83 North. One is the ramp from Charles Street going north, the other is from the circle at Bellona Ave extended. Beginning April 4, the ramp from [...]
Charles Street traffic heading south from Lutherville in Towson will be hitting another snarl beginning Thursday night around 8 pm as the entrance to I-695 East will be closed long term as part of the ongoing Charles Street Overpass construction project. This means cars coming south on Charles Street from Seminary Avenue or the circle [...]
The I-695 Construction at Charles Street in Towson is going to make traffic a bit trickier starting around 8 pm on Sunday, December 20, 2009. The Maryland State Highway Administration published a notice of this change on their website. Beginning Monday the 21st, Eastbound 695 will be three lanes going through from the I-83 North interchange [...]