Daytime Lane Closures on the Spaulding Turnpike in Dover

posted on 3/11/2025

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation is performing daytime construction work on the northbound and southbound barrels of the Spaulding Turnpike/Route 16 in Dover between exits 8 and 9.   

Weather permitting, work will take place Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is expected to be completed in approximately four weeks. Construction work began on March 11, 2025. Crews will install temporary concrete barriers on the northbound and southbound barrels of the Spaulding Turnpike between exits 8 and 9. Motorists should anticipate lane closures. Northbound lane closures will be in place between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.; southbound lane closures will take place between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Motorists should exercise caution when driving through the construction zone.   

The work is preparation of the Dover 41824 project that includes the rehabilitation of the highway bridges that cross the Cochecho River,  scheduled to begin this spring. This bridge project will address structural deficiencies and remove the bridges from the state’s Red List bridges. Work includes replacing both decks and bridge superstructures, replacing bearings, rehabilitating abutments, minor rehabilitation work to the bridge piers, and minor work at the bridge approaches to tie them into the existing roadway.

Evroks Corporation of Northfield is the general contractor for the $14 million project that is scheduled to be completed in June, 2027.

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For more information, contact NHDOT at 603-271-3734.