Plans to repair the Route 50 bridge and demolish the 5th Street post office in Ocean City highlighted a fall update for the mayor and Ocean City Counil from Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) officials.
District Engineer Mark Crampton and SHA representatives attended Tuesday’s work session to provide the mayor and council with the most recent news on projects taking place in and around Ocean City.
Among the list of items, he said, was a project to repair the interlocking mechanisms on the Route 50 bridge. Work is slated to begin in early January and will result in the span’s closure for a period of two or three weeks.
“In that case, the bridge is actually open while that bridge work is being done,” he told the council this week. “So, the traffic will have to use the Route 90 bridge during that period of time.”
Crampton added that the Route 50 bridge will also be painted in the coming year. While the bridge will remain in the closed position for the duration of the work, he said large marine vessels would be affected, as scaffolding would be placed under the span.
“It will take a majority of the January to March timeframe,” he said of the project.
I think they should start it the Friday before the Memorial Day weekend!