Olney Avenue Scheduled to Close Next Week in Philadelphia for Intersection Safety Improvements

Olney Avenue Scheduled to Close Next Week in Philadelphia for Intersection
Safety Improvements

10/13/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Olney Avenue is scheduled to close next week between 3rd Street and Mascher

Street, and between Fairhill Street and Lawrence Street in Philadelphia,
for
intersection safety improvements, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation
(PennDOT) said today.

The work schedule is:

• Monday, October 17, through Friday, October 21, from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM,
Olney Avenue is scheduled to close between 3rd Street and Mascher Street.
During construction, eastbound Olney Avenue motorists will be detoured over
3rd
Street, Chew Avenue and Mascher Street. Westbound Olney Avenue drivers will
be
detoured over Mascher Street, Clarkson Avenue and 3rd Street; and

• Monday, October 17, through Friday, October 21, from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM,
Olney Avenue is scheduled to close between Fairhill Street and Lawrence
Street.
During construction, eastbound Olney Avenue motorists will be detoured over

Fairhill Street, Tabor Road and Lawrence Street. Westbound Olney Avenue
motorists will be detoured over Lawrence Street, Chew Avenue and Fairhill
Street.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through these work
areas. The construction schedule is contingent on the weather.

The work is part of a $4.7 million safety improvement corridor project on
1.62
miles of Olney Avenue between Broad Street (Route 611) and Rising Sun
Avenue in
Philadelphia. PennDOT's contractor is installing new traffic signals and
pedestrian countdown timers at 15 intersections and constructing 106 ADA
ramps
at 19 intersections.

The entire project is expected to be completed by November 2017.

Armour and Sons Electric, Inc. of Langhorne, Bucks County, is the general
contractor on the project, which is financed with 100 percent federal
funds.

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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