TRAFFIC ALERT – New Castle County – I-95/Rt 896 Interchange Project–Upcoming Traffic Pattern Change on Rt 72 / Starting Monday Night, June 5th

Newark — The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces to motorists that the contractor will be implementing a traffic pattern change on Rouote 72 between Peoples Drive and Scottfield Drive starting on the night of June 5, 2023. The roadway will be in contraflow configuration on the northbound side of Route 72 reducing the roadway to one lane in each direction beneath the I-95 overpasses.

Route 72 TRAFFIC PATTERN CHANGE (NB and SB)
· Monday June 5: Reduce Route 72 NB and SB to one lane in each direction as a contraflow configuration between Scottfield Drive and Peoples Drive beginning at 10 pm. [More]