Westbound JFK Boulevard Scheduled to Close December 1-4 for Bridge Rehabilitation in Philadelphia

Westbound JFK Boulevard Scheduled to Close December 1-4 for Bridge
Rehabilitation in Philadelphia

11/20/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The westbound lanes of JFK Boulevard are scheduled to be closed and
detoured
between 20th Street and Schuylkill Avenue beginning Friday, December 1, at
9:00
PM, through 5:00 AM on Monday, December 4, for construction activities
related
to the rehabilitation of three structurally-deficient bridges on JFK
Boulevard
over 21st, 22nd and 23rd streets in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania
Department
of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

During the weekend closure, motorists will be directed to use 20th Street,
Market Street and Schuylkill Avenue.

The eastbound lanes of JFK Boulevard have been closed since the project
began
in late January. Eastbound JFK Boulevard motorists will continue to be
detoured
over Schuylkill Avenue, 30th Street, Market Street and 20th Street. The
eastbound lanes will remain closed through the completion of construction,
which is scheduled for August 2018.

Construction on the JFK Boulevard bridges is being performed one half at a
time
as the department's contractor replaces the deteriorated deck and beams on
the
three structurally-deficient, prestressed adjacent box-beam bridges. The
deteriorated bridge decks have been in place since the late 1950s.

In addition to replacing the bridge deck, crews are reconstructing JFK
Boulevard from the eastern end of the bridge over the Schuylkill River to
just
east of 21st Street, and widening the sidewalk on the south side to match
the
sidewalk built on the JFK Boulevard bridge over the Schuylkill River.

Crews are also building a new center median; reconstructing the westbound
sidewalk on JFK Boulevard to allow for a future multi-use trail;
constructing a
pedestrian stairway and ramp from the westbound sidewalk to 22nd Street;
and
installing new drainage, pavement markings and highway lighting.

Following the completion of construction, the eastbound single-lane pattern
on
JFK Boulevard will be extended from the bridge over the Schuylkill River to

just east of 21st Street.

C. Abbonizio Contractors, Inc., of Sewell, NJ, is the general contractor on
the
project which is financed with 100 percent state funds.

This project is a follow-up to the structural improvements made from 2007
to
2009 when PennDOT rehabilitated the JFK Boulevard bridge over the
Schuylkill
River under a $17.9 million project.

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
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