Route 128 Highway Closure Scheduled In Beverly, Danvers

BEVERLY, MA — Those traveling Route 128 northbound and southbound in the Beverly and Danvers stretch will encounter lane closures and a brief, full shutdown of the highway Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

The state Department of Transportation will close lanes from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday between the Dodge Street and Conant Street Industrial Park exits. State Police will also implement a full shutdown of the highway for approximately 15 minutes at 1 a.m. both northbound and southbound.

At least one lane will be open in both directions the rest of the night.

The closures are so crews can put in place a new overhead sign structure as part of a $5.5 million expansion of MassDot's Intelligent Transportation System.

MassDOT is advising travelers to seek alternate routes, reduce speed and use caution while approaching the stretch at these times.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)