Spruce Street in Middleborough to close at the railroad crossing Friday at 8:30 a.m., weather permitting
A railroad contractor will upgrade the crossing, and the town says the road stays closed until the work is done.
MIDDLEBOROUGH Drivers who use Spruce Street in Middleborough will need another way around starting Friday, Nov. 13, at 8:30 a.m., weather permitting, when a railroad contractor closes the road at the grade crossing for upgrades, the town announced.
The work
The plan posted with the notice calls the job an at-grade crossing surface rehabilitation project. It carries the name of the firm BSC Group and says it was prepared for Manafort Transit LLC.
The detour
The plan shows "road closed ahead" signs on the approach to the crossing, one of them marked for local traffic only.
Traffic will be detoured according to that plan. It marks the closure at the Spruce Street crossing and places detour signs along roads including Wareham Street, which is Route 28, Smith Street, Miller Street, Highland Street and Benson Street, a loop around the closed crossing.
The town's notice names only Spruce Street, though the title block on the plan's second sheet also mentions Hathaway Street.
When it reopens
The work is scheduled from Friday through Sunday, Nov. 15, and the road will stay closed until the upgrades are complete, the town said in its notice, so the reopening depends on when the contractor finishes.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Every fact comes from the Town of Middleborough's Facebook post of Nov. 6 and the plan attached to it, read Nov. 9. We checked each date and weekday against a calendar. The road names and sign wording are read from the plan image. The notice calls the crew a railroad contractor without naming it, and the plan lists Manafort Transit LLC only as the party it was prepared for.
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Sources (1)
- Spruce Street railroad grade crossing notice and detour planTown of Middleborough Facebook post, Nov. 6, 2026, 11:29 a.m. Contractor, closure, dates, 8:30 a.m. start, closed until complete, detour plan images with project title and road names. Read Nov. 9, 2026.