Fairmount Park Conservancy to Close Parkside Avenue Next Week for Median Installation in Philadelphia

Fairmount Park Conservancy to Close Parkside Avenue Next Week for Median
Installation in Philadelphia

10/26/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Fairmount Park Conservancy is scheduled to close Parkside Avenue between
Belmont Avenue and 41st Street in Philadelphia on Monday, October 30,
though
Friday, November 3, from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, for median installation, the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

During construction, Parkside Avenue motorists will be detoured north over
South Concourse Drive, or south over Girard Avenue.

Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone. Motorists are
advised to allow extra time when traveling near the work area. The schedule
is
weather dependent.

Fairmount Park Conservancy will complete this project under a PennDOT
Highway
Occupancy Permit.

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, including

color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting
http://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 850 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
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