I-95 Travel Restrictions Scheduled at Night Next Week

I-95 Travel Restrictions Scheduled at Night Next Week

8/19/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Travel restrictions are scheduled next week on Interstate 95 for
construction
at the Girard Avenue and Cottman Avenue (Route 73) interchanges in
Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) said
today.

The work is associated with contracts underway to rebuild the Cottman
Avenue
(Route 73) and Girard Avenue interchanges and reconstruct and widen more
than
three miles of I-95 adjoining those interchanges.

The work schedule is:

• On Sunday, August 21, through Friday, August 26, 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 21, through Friday, August 26, 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 21, through Friday, August 26, 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.

In addition, on Monday, August 22, through Friday, August 26, 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 Wednesday, August 24, through Friday, August 26, from 6:00 AM to 2:00
PM,
Girard Avenue will be closed between Fletcher Street and Richmond Street
for
erection of beams for the new northbound viaduct. Motorists will be
detoured on
Aramingo Avenue and Lehigh Avenue around the closed roadway.

On Monday, August 22, through Friday, August 26, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,
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
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