Castor Avenue, I-95 Lane Restrictions Scheduled Next Week for Bridge Inspections in Philadelphia

Castor Avenue, I-95 Lane Restrictions Scheduled Next Week for Bridge
Inspections in Philadelphia

1/12/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Travel restrictions are scheduled next week on Castor Avenue and Interstate
95
in Philadelphia for bridge inspections, the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

The work schedule is:

• Monday, January 15, and Tuesday, January 16, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, a
single lane closure and lane shifts are scheduled on northbound Castor
Avenue
between Wingohocking Street and Wyoming Avenue; and
• Tuesday, January 16, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, a right lane closure is
scheduled on southbound I-95 between the Broad Street and Cargo
City/Philadelphia International Airport interchanges.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling in the work areas
because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather

dependent.

The inspections are part of PennDOT's program to inspect bridges at least
once
every two years to ensure the safety and overall condition of the
structures.

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
www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at
www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.

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