PennDOT Plans to Open U.S. 202 to 6 Lanes Next Week between Route 401 and U.S. 30 in Chester County

PennDOT Plans to Open U.S. 202 to 6 Lanes Next Week between Route 401 and
U.S. 30 in Chester County

7/28/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) plans to open 2.5
miles
of U.S. 202 to six lanes between the Route 401 and U.S. 30 interchanges in
East
Whiteland Township, Chester County, by mid-to-late next week, substantially

completing construction on a $63.3 million improvement project that began
in
April 2013.

This is the second of PennDOT's two mainline construction contracts for the

expansion of 6.5 miles of U.S. 202 to six lanes in East Whiteland and
Tredyffrin Townships. PennDOT opened four miles of U.S. 202 to six lanes
from
just south of the Route 252 Interchange to just north of the Route 401
Interchange in September 2014. Construction on the first mainline contact,
worth $105.4 million, began in April 2011.

Crews will work Sunday, July 31, through Thursday, August 4, from 8:00 PM
to
5:00 AM to complete line striping and other preparations for opening the
rebuilt and widened expressway to six lanes. The opening caps several weeks
of
nighttime construction by the contractor to complete final operations,
including installation of concrete median barriers, removal of construction

barriers, and repainting traffic lines in the work zone.

Following the opening of U.S. 202 to six lanes, crews will close one lane
in
both directions on U.S. 202 between the Route 29 and U.S. 30 interchanges
from
8:00 PM Friday, August 5, to 10:00 AM Saturday, August 6. The lane closures

will allow the contractor to complete miscellaneous construction items in
the
work area. Crews will continue to work and close lanes on U.S. 202 at night

periodically for the next several weeks to complete miscellaneous
construction
activities in the work zone.

All planned activities are weather permitting.

Allan A. Myers, LP of Worcester, Montgomery County, is the general
contractor
on the $63,381,084 project.

Under this project, PennDOT rebuilt and widened northbound and southbound
U.S.
202 to three lanes in each direction from just north of the Route 401
Interchange to approaching the U.S. 30 Interchange; reconstructed the Route
401
(Conestoga Road) Interchange; rebuilt U.S. 202 bridges over Route 401 and
Planebrook Road; installed a culvert to carry the Chester Valley Trail
under
U.S. 202; upgraded the highway drainage system; and installed sound walls,
Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) components, and new highway signs.

Prior to starting construction to widen this section of Route 202 in 2011,
PennDOT replaced six overhead bridges under two contracts worth $45 million
to
create space needed to expand the expressway. PennDOT also installed
Intelligent Transportation System equipment along the corridor under a
$14.7
million project.

For more information on the improvement and widening of U.S. 202, visit
www.us202-300.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.

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