BANGOR – Drivers using Hogan Road should expect to encounter bridge maintenance crews around the clock and every weekday from late April through late May, the state Department of Transportation has announced.

The project will result in delays and traffic disruptions, especially near Interstate 95’s Hogan Road interchange. But drivers can help lessen the impact by seeking alternative routes and allowing extra travel time, the DOT advised.

Those who do travel in the work area should use caution, especially during the overnight hours.

“We need to replace the badly deteriorated wearing surface on the south side of the bridge carrying the Hogan Road over Interstate 95,” said Barry Prescott, bridge maintenance manager in DOT’s Bangor office.

“In addition to providing a very rough ride for traffic, the existing surface no longer serves its function of keeping water and road salt away from the structural portions of the bridge,” he said. “It’s time to remove the old wearing surface and put down a new one.”

Because of heavy traffic using the bridge, the department planned the project with the goal of minimizing the length of time needed to complete the work and the level of traffic interference.

Prescott said the best apparent solution was to combine four separate bridge maintenance crews into one team that will work 24 hours a day for five consecutive days each week.

“Using that compressed time frame and extended workday, we can finish the job in 30 days, a much shorter time than if we used a conventional approach,” Prescott said. “We plan to begin work on Monday, April 26, and finish up sometime the week of May 24 assuming we get reasonably good weather.”

According to Prescott, DOT’s plan calls for closing the south side of the bridge to traffic while maintaining two lanes of traffic, one in each direction, on the north side.