JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The southbound Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway ramp to westbound Mathews Expressway is scheduled to close Monday and Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting. The closure is to allow for the installation of a drilled shaft (structure foundation) for overhead sign structures as part of the downtown resurfacing and improvement project.
Traffic traveling south on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway will detour to Albert Street to westbound Mathews Expressway.
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The work is part of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) State Street, Union Street and Mathews Expressway resurfacing and improvement project.
The $13 million project began in December and includes replacement of the JEA water main on Union Street and State Street. Final resurfacing of these roadways, starting with Union Street, moving east, followed by State Street, moving west, will begin in December, pending completion of utility work and weather permitting. The Mathews Expressway segment will be resurfaced during the final phase of the project. The entire project is scheduled for completion in spring 2017.