U.S. 422 East to Close Overnight Thursday Near Pottstown for Traffic Pattern Change

U.S. 422 East to Close Overnight Thursday Near Pottstown for Traffic
Pattern Change

7/11/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

U.S. 422 east will be closed and detoured from 9:00 PM, Thursday, July 14
to
4:00 AM, Friday, July 15, 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 (PennDOT)
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 east will be closed for painting traffic lines and relocating
concrete
barriers. During the overnight closure, eastbound U.S. 422 drivers will be
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 begin demolishing the existing eastbound U.S. 422 bridge
the
week of July 18, and crews will work through 2017 to build the new
eastbound
span.

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. Construction is scheduled to finish in late 2017.

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.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow Local PennDOT
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