Ridge Avenue Daytime Lane Restrictions Scheduled for Safety Improvement Project in Philadelphia

Ridge Avenue Daytime Lane Restrictions Scheduled for Safety Improvement
Project in Philadelphia

7/27/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Construction is underway on a project to improve travel and safety along
Ridge
Avenue between Spring Garden Street and Jefferson Street in Philadelphia,
by
upgrading 11 signalized intersections with new equipment, facilities, and
operations. The project is scheduled to be completed next summer.

The work schedule is:

• Friday, July 28, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, alternating lane restrictions
are
scheduled on Ridge Avenue at Girard Avenue for roadway trench work;
• Saturday, July 29, from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, alternating lane restrictions
are
scheduled on Ridge Avenue at 20th Street and 13th Street for roadway trench

work; and
• Monday, July 31, through Friday, August 4, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,
alternating lane restrictions are scheduled on Ridge Avenue from 12th
Street to
Jefferson Street, for roadway trench and footway operations.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work
areas
because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather

dependent.

Under this improvement project, PennDOT is adding pedestrian countdown
signal
heads; installing overhead signals on mast arm poles and installing LED
street
lighting; upgrading the fiber interconnect traffic signal system, signal
cabinets, controllers, signing and pavement markings along this 1.3-mile
section of Ridge Avenue.

Armour & Sons Electric, Inc. of Langhorne, Bucks County, is the general
contractor on the $1,698,438 project which is financed with 100 percent
federal
funds.

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
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