PennDOT to Host Open House Public Meeting for Ridge Avenue Bridge over Amtrak in Philadelphia

PennDOT to Host Open House Public Meeting for Ridge Avenue Bridge over
Amtrak in Philadelphia

7/28/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will hold an open
house
public meeting on Tuesday, August 1, 2017, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM to
inform
citizens about the project to reconstruct and improve the bridge carrying
Ridge
Avenue over Amtrak rail lines in Philadelphia.

The upcoming public meeting will be held at Morris Brown AME Church at 1756

North 25th Street, Philadelphia. The meeting will feature a project
presentation and an open house plans display where citizens will have the
opportunity to circulate among the various subject displays to gather
information and discuss the different facets of the project with PennDOT's
project team.

Construction bids to replace the Ridge Avenue bridge are expected to be
opened
in early 2022.

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
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.

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