I-95 Night Travel Restrictions Scheduled Next Week in Philadelphia

I-95 Night Travel Restrictions Scheduled Next Week in Philadelphia

9/8/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Travel restrictions are scheduled next week on Interstate 95 for
construction
at the Cottman Avenue (Route 73) and Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue
interchanges in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

(PennDOT) said today.

The operations are associated with projects under construction to improve
the
Cottman Avenue (Route 73) Interchange and reconstruct and widen more than a

mile of I-95, and to improve the ramp system at the Betsy Ross
Bridge/Aramingo
Avenue Interchange.

The work schedule is:

• On Monday, September 12, through Friday, September 16, from 8:00 PM to
5:00
AM the following morning, one northbound and one southbound lane on I-95
will
be closed between the Bridge Street and Allegheny Avenue interchanges for
demolition of an overhead ramp at the Betsy Ross Bridge/Aramingo Avenue
Interchange;

• On Monday, September 12, through Friday, September 16, from 8:00 PM to
5:00
AM the following morning, northbound and southbound I-95 will be reduced
from
three lanes to two from 8:00 PM to midnight, then from two lanes to one
from
12:01 AM to 5:00 AM the following morning between the Bridge Street and
Academy
Road interchanges for installation of Intelligent Transportation System
(ITS)
wiring and equipment;

• On Friday morning, September 16, traffic stoppages of up to 15 minutes
will
occur periodically between 12:01 AM and 5:00 AM on I-95 south at the
Cottman
Avenue (Route 73) Interchange for installation of overhead structures to
hold
ITS equipment;

• On Sunday, September 11, through Friday, September 16, 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, September 11, through Friday, September 16, the Princeton
Avenue
on-ramp to I-95 north will be closed from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following
morning for overhead bridge construction. 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.

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.

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