U.S. 30 East Ramp to U.S. 202 Closed Overnights Next Week for Bridge Rehabilitations in Chester County

U.S. 30 East Ramp to U.S. 202 Closed Overnights Next Week for Bridge
Rehabilitations in Chester County

7/28/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The ramp from eastbound U.S. 30/Exton Bypass to northbound U.S. 202 is
scheduled to close in East Whiteland and West Whiteland townships, Chester
County, on Monday, July 31, through Friday, August 4, from 10:00 PM to 5:00
AM
the following morning for overhead bridge construction, as part of the
final
phase of the U.S. 202 Section 300 improvement project, which includes the
rehabilitation of two U.S. 202 bridges over Amtrak rail lines, the
Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

During the overnight ramp closure, motorists will be detoured to the
Business
U.S. 30 exit, right on eastbound Business U.S. 30 and right onto the ramp
to
northbound U.S. 202.

Prior to each night's closure, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, there will be lane

restrictions on the ramp from eastbound U.S. 30/Exton Bypass to northbound
U.S.
202.

Eastbound U.S. 30 motorists should expect backups and slow moving traffic
when
approaching the ramp to northbound U.S. 202. The contractor's schedule is
weather dependent.

PennDOT is rehabilitating the steel superstructures and re-decking the
northbound and southbound U.S. 202 bridges over the ramp and the adjacent
Amtrak rail lines as part of a $26.4 million project that also includes
replacement of the deteriorated concrete on the U.S. 202 ramps to and from
the
U.S. 30/Exton Bypass.
Construction is underway through mid-2018 on the northbound U.S. 202 bridge
and
on the ramp from southbound U.S. 202 to the U.S. 30/Exton Bypass, where
one-of-the-two lanes on the ramp is closed. Both the bridge and the ramp
are
being rebuilt a-half-at-a-time.
PennDOT is maintaining two lanes of traffic in each direction on U.S. 202
while
the bridges are rehabilitated. During construction on the northbound U.S.
202
bridge, the left northbound lane shifts to the southbound bridge as an
express
lane while the right northbound lane remains on the northbound side through
the
work zone.
The southbound U.S. 202 ramp lane closure may cause traffic backups,
especially
during peak travel times approaching the U.S. 30/Exton Bypass Interchange.
Southbound U.S. 202 motorists traveling to the interchange should remain in
the
right lane, leaving the center and left lane for motorists continuing south
on
U.S. 202.

The ramp closure will allow PennDOT's contractor to complete installation
of
shielding on the underside of the northbound U.S. 202 bridge over Amtrak
and
the adjacent ramp, and begin demolition of half the bridge's concrete deck
and
parapets.

Allan A. Myers, Inc. of Worcester, Montgomery County, is the general
contractor
on the $26,370,555 project which is financed with 100 percent federal
funds.

For more information, visit www.us202-300.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.

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