Liberty Street Closed to Traffic Beginning Monday

Danvers, MA - The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced that, beginning on Monday, April 18 at 6:00 AM and continuing through mid-August, Liberty Street in Danvers will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the area of the causeway to allow construction activities associated with the replacement of the culverts at the Porter River to continue.

Vehicular traffic will be detoured as follows:

Northbound Travel

• Traffic destined to go north on Liberty Street will be detoured at the intersection of Liberty Street and High Street (Route 35) and directed onto Route 35 west; then turn right onto the on ramp for Route 128 north and travel one exit to Exit #22 (Route 62); then turn right at the bottom of the ramp and continue on Route 62 east to rejoin Liberty Street.

Southbound Travel

• Traffic destined to go south on Liberty Street will be detoured at the intersection of Liberty Street with Elliot Street (Route 62) and directed onto Route 62 west; then turn left onto the on ramp for Route 128 south and travel one exit to Exit #23 (Route 35); then turn left at the bottom of the ramp and continue on Route 35 east to rejoin Liberty Street.

Appropriate traffic control devices will be used to assist traffic in this area.

MassDOT encourages drivers to seek alternate routes when possible to avoid delays. Drivers that must travel through the affected areas should expect delays and should reduce speed and use caution while traveling through the work zones and along the detour routes.

The work is being completed as part of an $8 million reconstruction project designed by the Town of Danvers and constructed by MassDOT.