Right Lane Closures Scheduled on I-76 Next Week for ITS Maintenance in Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties

Right Lane Closures Scheduled on I-76 Next Week for ITS Maintenance in
Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties

11/1/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Right lane closures are scheduled on Interstate 76 next week for
maintenance
work on Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) equipment in Philadelphia
and
Montgomery counties, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT)
announced today.

The work schedule is:

• Tuesday, November 7, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, right lane closures are
scheduled on westbound I-76 at the Route 291 (Penrose Avenue) Interchange
in
Philadelphia; and
• Thursday, November 9, and Friday, November 10, from 7:00 PM to 5:00 AM,
right
lane closures are scheduled on eastbound I-76 at the Belmont Avenue
Interchange
in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work
areas
because slowdowns will occur. All scheduled activities are weather
dependent.

Under this improvement project, PennDOT is performing maintenance and
repair
operations on ITS equipment along state highways throughout Bucks, Chester,

Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, including 392 closed
circuit
cameras, 158 variable message signs, and other related work.

Kuharchik Construction Inc., of Exeter, Pa., is the general contractor on
the
$3,696,994 project which is financed with 100 percent state funds. The
project
is expected to be completed in spring 2020.

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 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
department on Facebook at
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