I-95 Night Lane Restrictions Next Week in Philadelphia

I-95 Night Lane Restrictions Next Week in Philadelphia

8/12/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Ramp and road closures are scheduled next week for construction at the
Interstate 95 Girard Avenue Interchange along with nighttime travel
restrictions at the Cottman Avenue (Route 73) and Betsy Ross
Bridge/Aramingo
Avenue interchanges, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT)
said today.

This work is associated with contracts underway to rebuild the Girard
Avenue
and Cottman Avenue (Route 73) interchanges and reconstruct and widen more
than
three miles of I-95 adjoining those interchanges, and to improve the ramp
system at the Betsy Ross Bridge/ Aramingo Avenue Interchange.

The work schedule is:

•On Sunday, August 14, through Friday, August 19, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM
the
following morning, I-95 north and south will be reduced from three lanes to
two
at the Cottman Avenue (Route 73) Interchange for sign construction;

•On Sunday, August 14, through Friday, August 19, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM
the
following morning, the I-95 north off-ramp to Cottman Avenue (Route 73)
will be
closed for paving on the northbound side of I-95. Motorists will be
detoured
north on I-95 to the exit at the Academy Road Interchange, then right on
Linden
Avenue, and right on State Road to Cottman Avenue (Route 73); and

•On Sunday, August 14, through Friday, August 19, the Princeton Avenue
on-ramp
to I-95 north will be closed from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning
for
drainage work. Motorists will be detoured north on State Road, then left on

Linden Avenue, then right on the ramp to I-95 north at the Academy Road
Interchange.

•On Monday, August 15, through Friday, August 19, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM
the
following morning, intermittent northbound and/or southbound lane closures
will
occur on I-95 between the Bridge Street and Allegheny Avenue interchanges
for
overhead ramp construction at the Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue
Interchange; and

•On Monday, August 15, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning,
intermittent lane closures will be in place on the two-lane I-95 south
collector-distributor road at the Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue
Interchange
as crews set barriers for the temporary ramp that has been constructed from

I-95 south to the Betsy Ross Bridge. Intermittent 15 minute stoppages of
both
lanes may also occur on Monday night;

•From 11 PM Thursday, August 18, to 5:00 AM Friday, August 19, the I-95
north
off-ramp at the Girard Avenue Interchange will be closed and detoured for
realignment. Motorists will be detoured north on I-95 to the Allegheny
Avenue
exit, then right on East Westmoreland Street, right on Allegheny Avenue,
and
left on Aramingo Avenue to Girard Avenue.

In addition, on Monday, August 15, through Friday, August 19, from 9:00 PM
to
5:00 AM the following morning, southbound Richmond Street will be closed
between Lehigh Avenue and Cumberland Street, in the vicinity of the Girard
Avenue Interchange, for concrete deck placement on the new northbound
viaduct.
Southbound Richmond Street motorists will be detoured west on Lehigh Avenue
and
south on Aramingo Avenue to Delaware Avenue.

On Tuesday, August 16, through Thursday, August 18, from 6:00 AM to 2:00
PM,
Girard Avenue will be closed between Fletcher and Richmond streets for
erection
of beams for the new northbound viaduct. Motorists will be detoured on
Aramingo
Avenue and Lehigh Avenue.

On Mondays, August 15, through Friday, August 26, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,
weekday lane restrictions will be in place on southbound Broad Street in
the
vicinity of the stadium complex near Pattison Avenue for installation of
Intelligent Transportation Systems wiring.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time for travel through the work zones.
All
scheduled activities are weather dependent.

For more information on I-95 improvement projects, visit www.95revive.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
Information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the
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