Travel Restrictions Scheduled in Philadelphia and Bucks County for Bridge Inspections

Travel Restrictions Scheduled in Philadelphia and Bucks County for Bridge
Inspections

3/4/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Travel restrictions are scheduled over the next week for a series of bridge

inspections on Interstate 76, Interstate 676, U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard),

Route 63 (Woodhaven Road) and Route 291 (Penrose Avenue/Platt Bridge) in
Philadelphia and Bordentown Road in Bucks County, the Pennsylvania
Department
of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced.

Weather permitting, the bridge inspection schedule is:

• On Monday, March 7, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the right lane will be
closed
on Route 63 west (Woodhaven Road) between Franklin Mills Boulevard and
Academy
Road in Philadelphia. The eastbound right lane will be closed from 12:00 PM
to
3:00 PM;
• On Tuesday, March 8, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, the right lane will be
closed
on U.S. 1 north (Roosevelt Boulevard) between Comly Road and Southampton
Road
in Philadelphia;
• On Tuesday, March 8, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, the right lane will be
closed
on Bordentown Road east between Main Street and Dike Road in Falls
Township,
Bucks County;
• On Tuesday, March 8, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, the left lane will be
closed
on I-676 east ramp to Interstate 95 south in Philadelphia;
• On Wednesday, March 9, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, the right lane will be
closed
on I-76 east between South Street and 28th Street in Philadelphia;
• On Wednesday, March 9, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the right lane will be
closed on U.S. 1 south (Roosevelt Boulevard) between 9th Street and North
Broad
Street (Route 611) in Philadelphia;
• On Wednesday, March 9, from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM, the right lane will be
closed on U.S. 1 south (Roosevelt Boulevard) between Wissahickon Avenue and

Henry Avenue in Philadelphia;
• On Thursday, March 10, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, the right lane will be
closed
on I-76 west between University Avenue and South Street in Philadelphia;
• On Thursday, March 10, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the right lane will be
closed on U.S. 1 north (Roosevelt Boulevard) between Henry Avenue and
Wissahickon Avenue in Philadelphia;
• On Thursday, March 10, from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM, the right lane will be
closed on U.S. 1 north (Roosevelt Boulevard) between North 16th Street and
Henry Avenue in Philadelphia;
• On Friday, March 11, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, the right lane will be
closed
on Route 291 west (Penrose Avenue/Platt Bridge) between 26th Street and
Bartram
Avenue in Philadelphia.

Motorists are advised to allow additional time for travel where the
inspections
take place. The inspection schedules are dependent on the weather.

The bridge inspections are part of PennDOT's program to inspect state
bridges
at least once every two years. The inspections ensure the safety and
overall
condition of the structures.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by
visiting
www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides
traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and
access
to more than 770 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and
Android
devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts
accessible
on the 511PA website.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow Local PennDOT
Information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the
department on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at
www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.

MEDIA CONTACT: Charles Metzger, 610-205-6801

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