Beltway Wilkens Ramps Changing

As the replacement of the enters its next phase, the State Highway Administration is changing exit ramps that drivers will use to leave the inner loop.

Beginning March 27, SHA will close the ramp to Exit 12C westbound on Wilkens and detour all inner loop traffic to the newly reconstructed ramp to Exit 12B headed eastbound on Wilkens.

SHA will adjust the temporary traffic signal system at Wilkens and Kenwood Avenue to allow motorists to either turn left onto westbound Wilkens toward UMBC or turn right onto eastbound Wilkens headed towards downtown.

Crews will begin closing travel lanes at 7 p.m. on March 27. Three lanes will be closed by 11 p.m., according to SHA officials. The new traffic pattern will take effect by 5 a.m. on March 28.

The new traffic pattern will remain in effect until the fall of 2012. Work on the inner loop bridge over Wilkens is expected to be completed by the summer of 2013, according to SHA.