22nd Street to Close this Weekend for Overhead Bridge Demolition in Philadelphia

22nd Street to Close this Weekend for Overhead Bridge Demolition in
Philadelphia

2/24/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced
that
22nd Street willo be closed and detoured between Arch Street and Market
Street
in Philladelphia from 10:00 PM tonight, February 24, through 6:00 AM
Monday,
February 27 for overhead bridge demolition.

During the closure, motorists will be detoured over Market Street, 20th
Street
and Arch Street.

In addition 21st Street will be closed and detoured between Arch Street and

Market Street from 10:00 PM Friday, March 3, through 6:00 AM Monday, March
6,
for overhead bridge demolition.

During this operation, 21st Street through traffic will be detoured over
Arch
Street, 23rd Street and Market Street.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the area.
Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone.

The work is part of PennDOT's $15.8 million project to rehabilitate three
structurally deficient bridges on John F. Kennedy (JFK) Boulevard over
21st,
22nd and 23rd streets in Philadelphia.
Construction began January 23, 2017.

Construction on the JFK Boulevard bridges will be performed one half at a
time
as the department's contractor replaces the deteriorated deck and beams on
the
three structurally-deficient, prestressed adjacent box-beam bridges. The
deteriorated bridge decks have been in place since the late 1950s.

Eastbound JFK Boulevard remains closed and detoured between 20th Street and

Schuylkill Avenue through the completion of construction scheduled, which
is
for August 2018. Eastbound JFK Boulevard motorists are detoured over
Schuylkill
Avenue, 30th Street, Market Street and 20th Street.

JFK Boulevard is open to westbound travelers.

In addition to replacing the bridge deck, crews are reconstruct JFK
Boulevard
from the eastern end of the bridge over the Schuylkill River to just east
of
21st Street, and widen the sidewalk on the south side to match the sidewalk

built on the JFK Boulevard bridge over the Schuylkill River.

Crews will also build a new center median; reconstruct the westbound
sidewalk
on JFK Boulevard to allow for a future multi-use trail; construct a
pedestrian
stairway and ramp from the westbound sidewalk to 22nd Street; and install
new
drainage, pavement markings and highway lighting.

Following the completion of construction, the eastbound single-lane pattern
on
JFK Boulevard will be extended from the bridge over the Schuylkill River to

just east of 21st Street.

C. Abbonizio Contractors, Inc., of Sewell, NJ, is the general contractor on
the
$15,884,978 project which is financed with 100 percent state funds.

This project is a follow up to the structural improvements made from 2007
to
2009 when PennDOT rehabilitated the JFK Boulevard bridge over the
Schuylkill
River under a $17.9 million project.

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
department on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at
www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.

MEDIA CONTACT: Charles Metzger, 610-205-6801

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