U.S. 422 West to Close Thursday Night for Construction in Pottstown Area

U.S. 422 West to Close Thursday Night for Construction in Pottstown Area

12/20/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Westbound U.S. 422 will be closed and detoured from Route 100 (Pottstown
Pike)
to the split with Benjamin Franklin Highway in West Pottsgrove Township,
Montgomery County, on Thursday, December 21, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the
following morning, for barrier installation, the Pennsylvania Department of

Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

During the overnight closure, motorists will be directed to exit at Route
100
North (Pottstown Pike) and follow Route 100 North (Pottstown Pike) and High

Street/Benjamin Franklin Highway to access westbound U.S. 422.

In addition to the overnight closure, the temporary ramp from westbound
U.S.
422 to the Stowe Interchange will be closed indefinitely beginning at 9:00
PM
Thursday, December 21.

The temporary ramp, located about a quarter-mile west of the existing
interchange, opened to traffic on Wednesday, December 13, to provide
westbound
U.S 422 motorists access to the Stowe Interchange while the new ramp was
being
built. However, a change in the maintenance and protection of traffic plan
will
force the interim ramp to close to traffic. Through fall 2019, westbound
U.S.
422 motorists wanting access to the Stowe Interchange will be directed to
exit
at Route 100 North (Pottstown Pike) and follow Route 100 North (Pottstown
Pike)
and High Street/Benjamin Franklin Highway.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling on Route 100 North
(Pottstown Pike) near the work area because backups and delays will occur.

The ramp from Grosstown Road at the Stowe Interchange to westbound U.S. 422

will also remain closed and detoured through fall 2019. Grosstown Road
motorists are being directed to take High Street/Benjamin Franklin Highway
to
access westbound U.S. 422.

The work at the Stowe Interchange is part of a major improvement project to

reconstruct 1.2 miles of U.S. 422 from just east of the Schuylkill River
bridge
to just west of the Montgomery County line.

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.
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which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay
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