I-676 West Ramp to 22nd Street Reduced to One Lane Beginning Friday Morning in Philadelphia

I-676 West Ramp to 22nd Street Reduced to One Lane Beginning Friday Morning
in Philadelphia

7/20/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The westbound Interstate 676 ramp to 22nd Street in Center City
Philadelphia
will be reduced from two-lanes-to-one for approximately 14 months beginning
at
5:00 AM Friday, July 21, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT) announced today.

Crews will restrict traffic to a single lane on the ramp as part of a
traffic
shift on the 22nd Street bridge over I-676 that will take place between
10:00
PM tonight (July 20) and 5:00 AM Friday, July 21. The shift will move two
lanes
of 22nd Street traffic onto the recently-completed west side of the
replacement
22nd Street span, allowing crews to begin demolition and construction
activities of the east side of the bridge. The ramp will be restored to
two-lanes at the completion of the east side of the bridge scheduled for
fall
2018.
Motorists are advised to remain alert for traffic backups extending onto
westbound I-676 due to the lane closure on the ramp, especially during peak

travel times.
Also as part of the traffic shift, PennDOT will reopen the 22nd Street ramp
to
westbound I-676 overnight tonight (July 20) as well.
Work on the bridge and ramp are part of PennDOT's $64.8 million project to
rebuild seven deteriorated spans over I-676 between 18th Street and 22nd
Street.
PennDOT has finished construction on the new 20th Street and 19th Street
bridges as well as two new pedestrian bridges between 18th Street and 20th
Street, which includes significant improvements and expansion of the public

space at both pedestrian crossings.
Buckley & Company, Inc. of Philadelphia is the general contractor on the
project, which is financed with 100 percent federal funds.

For more information on the I-676 project, visit www.bridgesover676.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.

A list of weekly road restrictions and PennDOT maintenance operations in
the
five-county Philadelphia region is available by visiting the District 6
Traffic
Bulletin at www.penndot.gov/District6.

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.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow local PennDOT
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