Line Painting Operations Next Week on I-76, I-476 and U.S. 202

Line Painting Operations Next Week on I-76, I-476 and U.S. 202

5/6/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is scheduled to
paint
new traffic lines on Interstate 76, Interstate 476, and U.S. 202 in the
Philadelphia region next week.

Weather permitting, the line painting schedule is:

• On Monday, May 9 and Tuesday, May 10, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, line
painting
crews will restripe eastbound and westbound I-76 between the Pennsylvania
Turnpike and Passyunk Avenue in Montgomery County and Philadelphia;
• On Wednesday May 11, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, the slow-moving line
painting
operation is scheduled on northbound and southbound Interstate 476 between
the
Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 95 in Montgomery and Delaware
counties; and
• On Thursday, May 12, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, crews will paint U.S. 202
between DeKalb Pike and Route 401 in Montgomery and Chester counties.

Traffic line painting can only be performed when the weather is warm and
dry,
because rain, high humidity or temperatures below 50 dress will increase
the
normal drying time of between 90 and 120 seconds. Paint trucks may also be
rerouted to paint another state highway in the event of excessive traffic
volume or significant delays on the scheduled roadway.

PennDOT line-painting crews use sophisticated equipment that heats the
paint to
about 110 degrees and then sprays the material on the roadway. While the
paint
is still wet, beads made of recycled glass are automatically applied to
provide
reflectivity. PennDOT uses nearly 900,000 pounds of glass beads in
southeastern
Pennsylvania.

PennDOT urges motorists to use caution, stay a considerable distance behind
an
operating paint truck, and do not drive across freshly painted lines.

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.

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