Westbound U.S. 422 to Close Friday Night for Storm Pipe Installation in Pottstown Area

Westbound U.S. 422 to Close Friday Night for Storm Pipe Installation in
Pottstown Area

9/28/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Westbound U.S. 422 in the Pottstown area will be closed and detoured Friday

night, September 29, for storm pipe installation, as part of a project to
improve and reconstruct 1.2 miles of U.S. 422 from just east of the
Schuylkill
River bridge to just west of the Montgomery County line in North Coventry
Township, Chester County, West Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, and
Douglass Township, Berks County, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation
(PennDOT) announced today.

Beginning at 9:00 PM Friday, September 29, to 5:00 AM Saturday, September
30,
westbound U.S. 422 will be closed and detoured from Route 100 (Pottstown
Pike)
to the split with Benjamin Franklin Highway. During construction, westbound

U.S. 422 motorists will be directed to take Route 100 North (Pottstown
Pike)
and High Street/Benjamin Franklin Highway to access westbound U.S. 422.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling near the work area
overnight because backups will occur. All scheduled activities are weather
dependent.

Under this improvement project, PennDOT is reconstructing U.S. 422 on both
existing and new alignments; reconfiguring the U.S. 422/Stowe Interchange
to a
diamond configuration; removing and replacing the existing ramps and
culverts;
installing new Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) equipment, message
boards, signing, pavement markings, lighting, concrete median barriers,
median
glare screens and guide rail; upgrading stormwater management facilities
and
pipes; and constructing and restoring wetlands.

H & K Group, Inc. of Schwenksville, Montgomery County, is the general
contractor on the $35,581,408 improvement project which is financed with
100
percent state funds from Act 89, Pennsylvania's Transportation Plan. The
entire
project is scheduled to be completed in late 2020.

For more information on the project, visit www.422improvements.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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