Intermittent Lane Closures Scheduled Next Week on Ridge Avenue for Safety Improvement Project in Philadelphia

Intermittent Lane Closures Scheduled Next Week on Ridge Avenue for Safety
Improvement Project in Philadelphia

12/13/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Intermittent lane closures with flagging are scheduled in both directions
on
Ridge Avenue between 17th Street and Mt. Vernon Street in Philadelphia, on
Monday, December 18, through Friday, December 22, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,
for
construction activities related to a project to improve travel and safety
along
a 1.3-mile section of Ridge Avenue, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (PennDOT) announced today. The project is scheduled to be
completed in summer 2018.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work
area
because backups and delays will occur. The work schedule is weather
dependent.

Under this improvement project, PennDOT is upgrading 11 signalized
intersections by adding pedestrian countdown signal heads; installing
overhead
signals and installing LED street lighting; and upgrading the fiber
interconnect traffic signal system, signal cabinets, controllers, signing
and
pavement markings along this corridor.

Armour & Sons Electric, Inc. of Langhorne, Bucks County, is the general
contractor on the $1,698,438 project which is financed with 100 percent
federal
funds.

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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