Pavement & rehabilitation, sussex I, (hardscrabble & concord), 2025

The Federal Highway Administration awarded the Delaware Department of Transportation $3,036,342.34 under the Highway Planning and Construction formula grant program (CFDA 20.205) on September 16, 2025, for pavement and bridge rehabilitation work in Sussex County, Delaware.

The funded work consists of two components: roadway pavement and rehabilitation including milling, bituminous asphalt patching, bituminous asphalt mix overlay, and pavement markings; and Bridge 3-243 repairs involving scour mitigation around existing footings and wingwalls (upstream and downstream), raising of the existing Portland cement concrete deck slab, and milling and overlay of existing road pavement. All work will be completed under full road closure and detour. Period of performance extends from the award date through August 31, 2031.

Project description

Roadway (P & R) - the proposed improvements will consist of pavement milling, bit. Asphalt patching, bit. Asphalt mix overlay and pavement markings. BR 3-243 (BRIDGE) - the proposed improvements involve scour repair around the existing footings and wingwalls both upstream and downstream. As well as raising the existing PCC deck slab in addition to milling and overlaying the existing road pavement. All work is to be completed under a full detour (road closure).