Harlan County Dam road to be closed for Tainter Gate repairs

Published April 3, 2015
Harlan County Dam will be closed through Mar. 31 to allow the contractor to complete the placement of sotp logs on the upstream side of the Harlan COunty spillway. Photo by Casey Shafer.

Harlan County Dam will be closed through Mar. 31 to allow the contractor to complete the placement of sotp logs on the upstream side of the Harlan COunty spillway. Photo by Casey Shafer.

REPUBLICAN CITY, Neb.,—  To allow for the contractor, OCCI Construction of Fulton, Mo., to continue their work on the Tainter Gate Repair Project on the Harlan County Lake Dam,  the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Harlan County Lake will close both lanes of the dam from April 15 to April 23. During this period of time, both lanes of the dam will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and traffic will be directed to take the designated detour.

From 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. during these dates, one lane of the dam will be open. The open lane will be restricted to vehicles 8’-6” wide or less. During one lane closures, timed traffic signals will be installed on both ends of the spillway bridge. The signals will be monitored to make adjustments to the timing if needed based on traffic flow and the length of time it takes traffic to clear the one lane area.

Information regarding construction activities can be obtained at www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Locations/DistrictLakes/HarlanCountyLake.aspx.

 

 

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Release no. PA-2015-17