MEDIA CONTACT: Misti Guertin, Communications and Digital Media Manager
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FDOT ANNOUNCES FULL CLOSURE OF SW OCEAN BOULEVARD AT SR/5/US1 NOV. 27 – DEC 21.
STUART, Fla (November 20, 2023) – FDOT has announced a full closure of S.W. Ocean Boulevard at SR 5/US 1 for drainage work from November 27 through December 21, 2023.
One northbound lane of SR 5/US 1 between SR 76/Kanner Highway and the south side of the Roosevelt Bridge will be closed around-the-clock beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, Nov. 27 through approximately 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, to facilitate drainage work on SW Ocean Boulevard. Two northbound lanes on SR 5/US 1 will remain open.
Project Details
- Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, November 27, 2023, SW Ocean Boulevard at SR 5/US 1, will be closed around-the-clock through approximately 7 p.m. Thursday, December 21, 2023, for drainage work across the roadway. The left turn lane on southbound SR 5/US 1 at SW Ocean Boulevard will be closed to traffic.
- Three southbound lanes on SR 5/US 1 will remain open.
- SW Ocean Boulevard on the west side of SR 5/US 1will become a right-turn only. Motorists will make a U-turn at SW Palm City Road onto northbound SR 5/US 1, right onto SW 3rd Street, right onto SW Albany Avenue to SW Ocean Boulevard.
- Southbound SR 5/US 1 motorists to eastbound SW Ocean Boulevard will be detoured via SW Joan Jefferson Way and SW Albany Avenue to SW Ocean Boulevard.
- Northbound SR 5/US 1 motorists to eastbound SW Ocean Boulevard will be detoured via SW 3rd Street and SW Albany Avenue to SW Ocean Boulevard.
- The sidewalk along northbound SR 5/US 1 between SW Palm City Road and SW Joan Jefferson Way will be closed during this time. Pedestrians will be detoured to the sidewalk along southbound SR 5/US 1.
- Access to businesses and properties will be maintained at all times.
For additional information, contact Mark Freeman, FDOT Project Manager, mark.freeman@dot.state.fl.us, or (772) 429-4904.
ATTACHED: Detour map.
