U.S. 422 to Close Overnight Next Week Near Pottstown for Traffic Pattern Change

U.S. 422 to Close Overnight Next Week Near Pottstown for Traffic Pattern
Change

6/30/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

U.S. 422 east and west will face nighttime closures and daytime
intermittent
traffic stoppages next week between the Stowe and Route 100 interchanges to

shift traffic onto the newly built westbound bridge over the Schuylkill
River
in North Coventry Township, Chester County, and West Pottsgrove Township,
Montgomery County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced
today.

The upcoming traffic shift is part of PennDOT's $36.2 million project to
build
new bridges to carry U.S. 422 over the Schuylkill River.

U.S. 422 west will be closed and detoured Tuesday, July 5, from 9:00 PM to
4:00
AM the following morning for painting traffic lines and relocating concrete

barriers. During the overnight closure, westbound U.S. 422 drivers will
exit
onto Route 100 north and follow Route 100 north to westbound High
Street/Benjamin Franklin Highway, and take High Street/Benjamin Franklin
Highway west to return to U.S. 422 west.

Following the completion of work Wednesday morning, July 6, westbound U.S.
422
traffic will be moved onto the newly built bridge over the Schuylkill
River.

On Wednesday, July 6, from 9:00 PM to 4:00 AM the following morning, U.S.
422
east will be closed for milling, paving, traffic line painting, and moving
concrete barriers. U.S. 422 east motorists will detoured onto eastbound
Benjamin Franklin Highway/High Street and they will follow Benjamin
Franklin
Highway/High Street east to Route 100 south, and then take Route 100 south
to
reach U.S. 422 east.

PennDOT expects to shift the single-lane of U.S. 422 eastbound traffic over
to
the new bridge by July 15. The contractor will then begin to demolish the
existing eastbound U.S. 422 structure and build a new eastbound span.

In addition, U.S. 422 motorists will face intermittent traffic stoppages
when
traveling between the Route 100 and Stowe interchanges on Thursday, July 7,
and
Friday, July 8, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. for the resurfacing of crossover
lanes.

Motorists are advised to allow additional time for travel through the
construction area.

PennDOT is building the new U.S. 422 bridges in two stages to keep one
travel
lane open in each direction during construction. The new westbound U.S. 422

structure was built in stage one. The new eastbound U.S. 422 bridge will be

rebuilt in stage two, which is about to begin, and the center median will
be
built in stage three. Construction is scheduled to finish in September
2018.

J.D. Eckman, Inc., of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on
the
$36,237,872 contract that is financed with 100 percent state funds from Act
89,
Pennsylvania's transportation plan.

This improvement project is the second of six projects to move to
construction
for PennDOT's multi-phase program to rebuild and improve seven miles of
U.S.
422 between the Berks County line and the Sanatoga Interchange.

For more information on the project, visit www.422improvements.com.

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.

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