U.S. 422 East Traffic Stoppages and Closure Scheduled Next Week for Bridge Beam Setting in Chester and Montgomery Counties

U.S. 422 East Traffic Stoppages and Closure Scheduled Next Week for Bridge
Beam Setting in Chester and Montgomery Counties

5/16/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Eastbound U.S. 422 motorists will encounter periodic 15-minute traffic
stoppages and an overnight closure next week between the Stowe and Route
100
interchanges in West Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, and North
Coventry
Township, Chester County, for the placement of beams on the new bridge
being
built over the Schuylkill River, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation
(PennDOT) announced today.

The work schedule is:

• Monday, May 22, and Tuesday, May 23, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,
intermittent
15-minutes traffic stoppages are scheduled on eastbound 422 between the
Stowe
and Route 100 interchanges; and
• Wednesday, May 24, from 9:00 PM to 4:00 AM the following morning,
eastbound
U.S. 422 will be closed and detoured between the Stowe and Route 100
interchanges. During construction, eastbound 422 motorists will be directed
to
exit at Benjamin Franklin Highway/High Street and continue to southbound
Route
100 to access the ramp to eastbound U.S. 422.

Motorists are advised to use an alternate route or allow extra time when
traveling through the area as backups may occur on eastbound U.S. 422
during
these times. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.

The work is part of PennDOT's $36.2 million project to replace the
eastbound
U.S. 422 bridge over the Schuylkill River between the Route 100 and Stowe
interchanges.

The new U.S. 422 crossing is being built in three stages to keep one travel

lane open in each direction during construction. The westbound U.S. 422
structure was replaced in stage one, the eastbound U.S. 422 bridge is being

rebuilt in stage two, and the center median in stage three. Construction on
the
entire project is scheduled to finish in fall 2018.

The new U.S. 422 crossing will be 924 feet long and 95 feet wide. The new
structures will carry two 12-foot travel lanes, a 10-foot outside shoulder
and
an eight-foot inside shoulder. The existing U.S. 422 crossing is 869 feet
long
and 72 feet wide.

J.D. Eckman, Inc., of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on
the
$36,237,872 contract that is financed with 100 percent state funds from Act
89,
Pennsylvania's transportation plan.

This improvement project is the second of six projects to move to
construction
for PennDOT's multi-phase program to rebuild and improve seven miles of
U.S.
422 between the Berks County line and the Sanatoga Interchange.

For more information on the project, visit www.422improvements.com.

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those
made
possible by or accelerated by Act 89, or those on the department's Four and

Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.

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 825 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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