<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4BqkAJ_120DGXsc00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4BqkAJ_120DGXsc00" width="1200" height="600" >MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - The I-55 and the Highway 463 interchange, also known as the Madison exit, is getting a facelift. Come Monday, crews will begin hanging lights over the new Reunion Parkway bridge. WLBT spoke with MDOT, as well as residents, about the new construction. Starting Monday, June 23, and lasting until Friday, June 27, northbound lanes on I-55 at Highway 463 in Madison will be closed in 30-minute intervals between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.The goal of this lighting project is to position lights over what will eventually become the new Reunion Parkway bridge.Michael Flood with MDOT said, “If you’re traveling at 55 next week between the hours of 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., you know, keep this in mind. You can plan an alternate route to get around it easily with the, you know, many number of routes there. Or you can just sit through it. It won’t be that long. You know these closure intervals, they’re necessary to allow us to hang these means safely. We can’t have folks traveling under the beams when they are being hung.” It’s just another added MDOT project that will be impacting your commute.Regina Jenkins, who recently moved to the area from Greenville, said, “Shell shock, especially trying to get to work on time, so you plan to leave at a certain time. You might be headed up about a good 30 minutes trying to get where you’re going. So it’s different.” For someone who is coming from the Mississippi Delta, Jenkins said she’s never had to deal with so much traffic until she moved to the Jackson area.“It’s different because coming from the Delta, you don’t see that much. It’s like traffic-wise, so it’s new to me being stuck in traffic and different things like that. But I’m pretty sure it’ll be a great enhancement to the city.” For those of you planning on traveling on I-55 in Madison during those closure times, MDOT officials have some advice. Flood went on and said, “If you’re traveling that area, please stay off your phone, drive slow, and be prepared to encounter or stop in traffic. If you’re traveling during that brief 30-minute interval, there. And yeah, I just can’t emphasize the phone thing enough, especially at night. It’s very important to not drive distracted in work zones. That is for your protection as the driver. In addition to our roadside workers."MDOT says this is their busy construction time, and they tell drivers to use alternate routes if they can avoid traffic backups. Want more WLBT news in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Please click here to report it and include the headline of the story in your email.</div></body>

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MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - The I-55 and the Highway 463 interchange, also known as the Madison exit, is getting a facelift. Come Monday, crews will begin hanging lights over the new Reunion Parkway bridge. WLBT spoke with MDOT, as well as residents, about the new construction. Starting Monday, June...

New MDOT project beginning soon in Madison County

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MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - The I-55 and the Highway 463 interchange, also known as the Madison exit, is getting a facelift. Come Monday, crews will beg

New MDOT project beginning soon in Madison County

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