SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will host an open house on Wednesday, Aug. 13, focusing on the construction on Interstate 81 (I-81) between East Colvin Street and Burt Street in the city of Syracuse as part of contract five of the I-81 viaduct-replacement project.
NYSDOT will hold the informal, open-house-style meeting from 6-8 p.m. at the Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central, which is located at 258 E. Adams St. in Syracuse.
Those attending can review project renderings for review and ask questions of NYSDOT representatives along with the prime contractor. The department isn’t planning a formal presentation.
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Information about NYSDOT’s community health protections will be available at the open house. That includes education tip sheets, details about the recently hired community certified industrial hygienist, locations of air quality, and vibration monitors.
The Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central is accessible to people with disabilities. Contact TeNesha Murphy at (315) 728-4251 if a sign-language interpreter, assisted-listening system, or other accommodation will be required to facilitate participation in the open house.
Contract work
Construction in the fifth contract is centered around Syracuse’s South side. The work includes reconstructing and converting existing I-81 to future Business Loop 81, from just south of East Colvin Street to Burt Street, where the highway will gradually become street grade.
NYSDOT says traffic-calming measures along future Business Loop 81 and a roundabout at future Business Loop 81 and Van Buren Street will help slow northbound traffic as it approaches Martin Luther King Boulevard East and downtown Syracuse.
Crews will also remove about seven spans of the viaduct, including the I-81 northbound exit ramp to Almond Street (exit 18) as part of contract 5. Additionally, crews will build a new railroad bridge between Martin Luther King Boulevard East and the roundabout at Van Buren Street, carrying the New York Susquehanna and Western Railway tracks over Business Loop 81.
A new exit ramp from Business Loop 81 northbound to East Colvin Street will be constructed, improvements will be made to the City of Syracuse and Onondaga County’s storm water runoff and sewage systems, and pedestrian and cyclist amenities will be added, along with new traffic signals, and noise barriers.
