U.S. 202 South Overnight Lane Restrictions Scheduled for Construction in Chester County

U.S. 202 South Overnight Lane Restrictions Scheduled for Construction in
Chester County

8/23/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Lane restrictions will be in place this Friday night on southbound U.S. 202
in
Chester County, for work to shorten the construction area at the southbound

U.S. 202 exit ramp to U.S. 30 and Business U.S. 30, the Pennsylvania
Department
of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

Southbound U.S. 202 will be reduced from three-lanes-to-two from 8:00 PM
Friday, August 25, to 10:00 AM Saturday, August 26, between the Route 401
and
Boot Road interchanges, as crews remove the construction barrier from the
section of the work area immediately west of where the single lane ramp
exits
southbound U.S. 202. The shortening of the work area is expected to help
reduce congestion approaching the interchange by allowing vehicles exiting
southbound U.S. 202 to access the ramps to U.S. 30 Business or the U.S.
30/Exton Bypass more quickly.

Construction that began last spring to replace deteriorated concrete
pavement
at the interchange has effectively reduced the ramp to one lane instead of
two
where it exits southbound U.S. 202. Under the traffic pattern implemented
at
the start of construction, the work zone's concrete barrier had extended
along
the ramp, moving the point of access to the ramp to the U.S. 30/Exton
Bypass
some 500 feet west of where the ramp exits U.S. 202.

Work is currently underway at the ramp to temporarily remove the sound wall

panels along a section of the ramp in order to replace the deteriorated
concrete slabs that support the panels.

PennDOT is removing and replacing the deteriorated concrete from the right
lane
and shoulder on southbound U.S. 202 from south of the Planebrook Road
bridge to
the U.S. 30 and Business U.S. 30 Interchange. When completed later this
year,
traffic will shift to the rebuilt side of the ramp, and concrete
replacement
will begin on the left lane for much of 2018.

The pavement replacement operation is part of a $26.4 million project to
complete the final phase of the U.S. 202 Section 300 improvement project,
including the rehabilitation of two bridges over Amtrak rail lines in East
and
West Whiteland, Chester County.

Motorists are advised that backups still may occur on southbound U.S. 202
approaching the U.S. 30 Interchange during peak travel times. Drivers
heading
to the U.S. 30 and Business U.S. 30 Interchange are advised to remain in
the
right lane on southbound U.S. 202 approaching the interchange, leaving the
center and left lane for motorists continuing south on U.S. 202.

Allan A. Myers, Inc. of Worcester, Montgomery County, is the general
contractor
on the 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.

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