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

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

8/17/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Lane restrictions with flagging are scheduled in both directions on Ridge
Avenue between Jefferson Street and Girard Avenue in Philadelphia on
Monday,
August 21, through Friday, August 25, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, for
construction
activities as part of a project to improve travel and safety along that
corridor, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced

today. The project is scheduled to be completed in summer 2018.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work
area
because backups and delays will occur. The work schedule is weather
dependent.

Under this improvement project, PennDOT is upgrading 11 signalized
intersections by adding pedestrian countdown signal heads; installing
overhead
signals on mast arm poles and installing LED street lighting; and 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
department on Facebook at
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