Northbound Schuylkill Avenue near 30th Street Station to Close Between Walnut and Chestnut Streets for Bridge Rehabilitations

Northbound Schuylkill Avenue near 30th Street Station to Close Between
Walnut and Chestnut Streets for Bridge Rehabilitations

8/25/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Beginning at 7:00 AM Monday, August 28, northbound Schuylkill Avenue near
30th
Street Station in West Philadelphia will be closed between Walnut Street
and
Chestnut Street for approximately two years for rehabilitation of two
structures over Interstate 76, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation
(PennDOT) announced today.

The closure of northbound Schuylkill Avenue will prohibit right turns by
motorists and cyclists heading into West Philadelphia using the Walnut
Street
bridge over the Schuylkill River.

Walnut Street motorists heading for 30th Street Station, the ramp to
westbound
I-76, and the ramp to eastbound Interstate 676 will be detoured west to
30th
Street, then right on 30th Street to Market Street, and right on Market
Street
to Schuylkill Avenue.

For pedestrians, the sidewalk on the east side of Schuylkill Avenue also
will
close, as will crosswalks on the south side of Chestnut Street at
Schuylkill
Avenue and on the north side of Walnut Street at Schuylkill Avenue. The
sidewalk on the west side of Schuylkill Avenue will remain open.

In addition to the closure, intermittent lane restrictions will be in place
on
northbound and southbound Schuylkill Avenue between Market Street and
Chestnut
Street, and on southbound Schuylkill Avenue between Chestnut Street and
Walnut
Street on Monday, August 28, through Friday, September 1, from 7:00 AM to
3:30
PM, and from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM the following morning, for rehabilitation
of
the Schuylkill Avenue viaducts' steel superstructure.

During weekday work on Schuylkill Avenue, the contractor must maintain a
minimum of two lanes of traffic northbound between Chestnut Street and
Market
Street, and at least one lane of traffic southbound between Market Street
and
Walnut Street.

Motorists are advised to allow additional time for travel through the work
zone
because backups and delays may occur. The contractor's schedule is
dependent on
the weather.

The work is part of PennDOT's $103.6 million project to rehabilitate the
Chestnut Street bridge over the Schuylkill River and eight other nearby
structures, including those carrying Schuylkill Avenue over I-76 between
Walnut
Street and Chestnut Street, and between Chestnut Street and Market Street.

In addition to repairing and repainting the steel superstructure and
replacing
the deck of the main bridge carrying Chestnut Street over the Schuylkill
River
and the two Schuylkill Avenue structures over I-76, the project also
includes:

• Rehabilitating two structures on the Interstate 76 on-and-off-ramps
between
Chestnut Street and Walnut Street;
• Resurfacing Chestnut Street from 31st Street to 30th Street, and from
24th
Street to 23rd Street;
• Constructing wider sidewalks and installing decorative barrier and
railings
on the Chestnut Street and Schuylkill Avenue bridges;
• Rehabilitating a 900-foot section of the river wall structure between
I-76
and the Schuylkill River from Market Street and Walnut Street;
• Rehabilitating a 15-foot section of the retaining wall supporting the
Schuylkill River Trail under Chestnut Street;
• Installing new traffic signals, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
equipment, and street lighting along Chestnut Street between 31st Street
and
23rd Street;
• Replacing millennium lighting on Chestnut Street over the Schuylkill
River;
• Constructing a new trellis at the Chestnut Street Trailhead to the
Schuylkill
River Trail;
• Restriping pavement markings for a bicycle lane on Chestnut Street
between
34th Street and 22nd Street; and
• Installing a new clear acrylic barrier along Amtrak Northeast Corridor
tracks
located on the west side of Schuylkill Avenue West between Chestnut Street
and
Walnut Street.

The bridges on Chestnut Street and Schuylkill Avenue West will be under
construction concurrently and will remain open for most of the project.
There
will be various lane and sidewalk restrictions during the three stages of
construction that will require shifts in travel lane and sidewalk
configurations.

Approximately midway through the project, a detour will be in place for
about
one year on Chestnut Street from Schuylkill Avenue West to 23rd Street for
the
rehabilitation of the structurally deficient bridge carrying Chestnut
Street
over the CSX rail lines.

The Schuylkill River Trail will be closed below Chestnut Street for
approximately three months over the winter of 2017-2018 for repairs.

In addition, the on-and-off-ramps at the I-76 Interchange between Chestnut
Street and Walnut Street will be restricted to a single lane of traffic
during
construction. There will also be nighttime and weekend full closures of the

ramps during certain construction operations.

The entire project is scheduled to finish in fall 2020.

Buckley & Company Inc., of Philadelphia is the general contractor on the
project, which is financed with 80 percent federal and 20 percent state
funds.

For more information on the project, visit www.chestnutstreetbridges.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.

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traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and
access
to more than 825 traffic cameras.

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devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts
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on the 511PA website.

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