U.S. 422 Ramp Closures Scheduled to Begin Next Week for Construction in Pottstown Area

U.S. 422 Ramp Closures Scheduled to Begin Next Week for Construction in
Pottstown Area

12/7/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Westbound U.S. 422 motorists in the Pottstown area will encounter long-term

ramp closures beginning next week for construction activities 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.

The work schedule is:

• Wednesday, December 13, through fall 2019, the ramp from westbound U.S.
422
to the Stowe Interchange will be closed and relocated about a quarter-mile
west
of the existing interchange. U.S. 422 motorists will be directed to
continue
west and exit at the new temporary ramp to the Stowe Interchange; and

• Wednesday, December 13, through fall 2019, the ramp from Grosstown Road
at
the Stowe Interchange to westbound U.S. 422 will be closed and detoured.
During
construction, Grosstown Road motorists will be directed to take 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, 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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