The South Carolina Department of Transportation welcomes you to the official Website for the Interstate 385 Design-Build Widening and Rehabilitation Improvements Project in Greenville County, South Carolina.
Every day, more than 60,000 vehicles drive along Interstate 385, and that number is expected to increase to 80,000 per day by 2028. SCDOT proposes to widen Interstate 385 to six lanes from north of the Interstate 385/West Georgia Road interchange at Exit 29 to south of the Interstate 385/Woodruff Road interchange at Exit 35, for a total widening length of 5.5 miles. The project also includes repaving Interstate 385 from south of Woodruff Road to south of Roper Mountain Road, Exit 37, resulting in a total project length of about 7 miles. Interstate 385 is the most direct and heavily traveled route between Greenville and Columbia. This is the largest American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded project in South Carolina.
Public Meeting Held
SCDOT hosted a public information meeting on Tuesday, November 4, 2010. Those unable to attend the meeting are encouraged to comment using the public comment form during the public comment period, which ends on November 20, 2010. The forms may be mailed to the address on the form or faxed to 864-458-3338.
Project Information
The $65 million project includes widening 5 miles of I-385 to six lanes north of I-385/West Georgia Road, Exit 29, to SC 146 (Woodruff Road)
Rehabilitation of approximately 2 miles of existing pavement from Smith Hines Road to Roper Mountain Road
Includes a median barrier wall
Widening the dual bridges at Exit 30
Widening the dual bridges at Exit 31
No new right-of-way is required
Rehabilitation of the ramp pavement
Two travel lanes in each direction will be open to traffic during construction, except for limited nighttime lane closures
Project Schedule
The project is currently scheduled to start this Winter (2010/2011) and is estimated to take approximately 24 months to complete. Measures will be taken to encourage the contractor to expedite construction completion.
For more information, contact Patrick McKenzie, SCDOT Project Manager, at (864) 908-3480 or through our contact form.
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