If you drive downtown on the Bay Street, Union Street, Liberty Street, or a variety of other downtown streets, you might run into slowdowns over a five night stretch as Mathews Expressway traffic is detoured for paving work.
The Florida Department of Transportation has scheduled nighttime detours Monday, Dec. 18, through Friday, Dec. 21, from 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
Mathews Expressway eastbound from Liberty Street to A. Philip Randolph Boulevard will be closed during those time periods.
Mathews Expressway westbound from A. Philip Randolph Boulevard to Liberty Street will close Friday night, Dec. 22, from 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. for paving work, weather permitting.
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Westbound Mathews Expressway traffic will be detoured to Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Haines Street, Jessie Street, A. Philip Randolph Boulevard, East Union Street to State Street.
Eastbound traffic will be detoured to Liberty Street, Bay Street, A. Philip Randolph Boulevard to the Mathews Expressway.
Bill Bortzfield can be reached at bbortzfield@wjct.org, 904-358-6349 or on Twitter at @BortzInJax.