U.S. 30 East Ramp to U.S. 202 North Closed Thursday Night for Bridge Rehabilitations in Chester County

U.S. 30 East Ramp to U.S. 202 North Closed Thursday Night for Bridge
Rehabilitations in Chester County

8/25/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

One of the two northbound lanes on U.S. 202 approaching the U.S. 30/Exton
Bypass interchange, along with 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, from 10:00 PM Thursday, August 31, to 5:00 AM
Friday, September 1, for bridge construction, the Pennsylvania Department
of
Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

The work is 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.

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 the 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.

During the Thursday night northbound U.S. 202 lane closure, motorists will
not
have access to the exit ramp to U.S. 30 (Lancaster Avenue). The detour will

direct northbound U.S. 202 motorists to continue to the Route 401
(Conestoga
Road) Interchange and turn right onto Route 401 (Conestoga Road) to reach
U.S.
30 (Lancaster Avenue).

In addition, southbound U.S. 202 will be reduced from three-lanes-to-one
from
8:00 PM Monday, August 28, to 5:00 PM Tuesday, August 29, for barrier
adjustments at the ramp to U.S.30/Exton Bypass.

All scheduled activities are 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 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 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
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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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