Omaha Road Construction announced for Remainder of the Year – Avoid the Orange Barrels and Associated Accidents

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From Omaha.com:

Short-term
• L Street: one eastbound lane closed between 24th and 23rd Street; utility work; through Friday, April 18.
• Ames Avenue: one eastbound lane closed between 57th and 56th Street; utility work; through Thursday, April 17.
• 30th Street: one southbound lane closed from Wirt to Binney Streets; sewer inlet repair; through Friday, April 18.
• L Street: one eastbound lane closed from 42nd to 41st Streets; utility work; through Tuesday, April 15.
• Howard Street: one eastbound lane closed from 18th Street to 19th Avenue; utility work; through April.
• Abbott Drive: restricted to head to head traffic in the westbound lanes from Lindbergh Drive to Fourth Circle; utility work; through Monday, April 21.
• 20th Street: closed to through traffic from Woolworth Avenue to Center Street; utility work; through mid May. A detour will be posted.
• Florence BouFrom Omaha.com:thbound lane closed from Webster to Burt Streets; utility work; through Tuesday, April 22.
• 72nd Street: one southbound lane closed from Poppleton Avenue to Hickory Street; storm sewer construction; through May.
• 24th Street: head-to-head traffic in northbound lanes from Pinkney to Evans Street; utility work; through Wednesday, April 23.
• Abbott Drive: one lane eastbound and one westbound lane closed from Lindbergh Drive to Fourth Circle; utility work; through Tuesday, April 15.
• Harney Street: one eastbound lane closed from 18th Street through the intersection at 17th Street; utility work; through Monday, April 21.
• 17th Street: one southbound lane closed from Farnam to Harney Streets; utility work; through Monday, April 21.
• Howard Street: one westbound lane closed from 17th to 18th Streets; utility work; through Monday, April 21.
• Dodge Street: one westbound lane closed from 20th to 24th Streets; utility work; through Monday, April 14.
• Harney Street: two eastbound lanes closed from 33rd Street to Dewey Avenue; utility work; through April.
Closed roads
Listed by expected opening
• Spring 2008 – Gifford Road from 13th Street to M Street for street reconfiguration.
• May 2008 – Izard Street is closed between 12th and 14th Streets, and 14th Street is closed from Cuming to Izard Street for construction.
• June 2008 – Aksarben Drive from Center to Pine Streets, and Mercy Road from Aksarben Drive to 72nd Street for street construction.
• June 2008 – Crown Point Avenue: closed from Blair High Road to Wenninghoff Road; drainage channel improvements.
• November 2009 – 33rd Street: closed from Dodge to Farnam Streets; street reconstruction.
Restricted roads
By expected completion
• May 2008 – 13th Street: one lane closed each direction from Missouri Avenue to O Street.
• Summer 2008 – 204th Street: restricted from Cedar Street to Laramie Road for street reconstruction.
• June 2008 – The intersection of 144th Street and Industrial Road: various lane restrictions; street reconstruction.
• June 2008 – Capitol Avenue: one eastbound lane closed from 14th to 15th Street.
• August 2008 – The southbound west parking lane and west traffic lane of 20th Street are closed from California to Webster Streets for construction work.
• Fall 2008 – U.S. 75: lanes restricted between Hamilton and Fort Streets from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. on various nights; pavement repair.
• Fall 2008 – Farnam Street: one westbound lane closed from Turner Boulevard to 33rd Street; building construction.
• Fall 2008 – Abbott Drive: northbound curb lane closed along the Airport Parking Facility; construction.
• November 2008 – Building demolition will restrict Jackson Street from 13th to 14th Streets, and 14th Street from Howard to Jackson Streets.