I-76 Closures, Ramp Restrictions Overnight Next Week for Viaduct Construction Near 30th Street in Philadelphia

I-76 Closures, Ramp Restrictions Overnight Next Week for Viaduct
Construction Near 30th Street in Philadelphia

1/31/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Lane and ramp closures will be in place at night next week on Interstate 76

between the 30th Street and South Street interchanges in Philadelphia,
including the overnight closures of eastbound I-76 and the westbound I-76
ramp
to 30th Street, for construction on the viaduct carrying Schuylkill Avenue
over
the expressway between Walnut Street and Market Street, the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

The work schedule is:

• Monday, February 5, through Thursday, February 8, from 9:00 PM to 11:00
PM,
eastbound I-76 will be reduced to one lane, then closed completely from
11:00
PM to 5:00 AM the following morning between the Interstate 676 and the 30th

Street interchanges. During the overnight closure, eastbound I-76 traffic
will
exit at 30th Street and follow 30th Street to Chestnut Street, then left on

Chestnut Street and right on Schuylkill Avenue to the ramp to eastbound
I-76 at
Walnut Street;
• Monday, February 5, through Thursday, February 8, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM
the
following morning, westbound I-76 will be reduced to one lane between the
I-676
and 30th Street interchanges; and
• Monday, February 5, through Thursday, February 8, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM
the
following morning, the westbound I-76 ramp to 30th Street will be closed.
Ramp
traffic will be detoured west on I-76, east on I-676 to the 23rd Street
Exit,
south on 23rd Street to Market Street, and right on Market Street to 30th
Street.

All scheduled closures are subject to change depending on weather
conditions.
Motorists are advised to use an alternate route or allow additional time
for
travel on I-76 near the work areas because backups and delays will occur.

Construction crews on the $103.6 million project are removing sections of
the
existing concrete deck from the viaduct and repairing or replacing the
viaduct's deteriorated steel deck beams and cross members.

PennDOT is rehabilitating the Chestnut Street bridge over the Schuylkill
River
and seven other nearby structures, including those carrying Schuylkill
Avenue
over I-76 between Walnut Street and Chestnut Street, and between Chestnut
Street and Market Street.

In addition to repairing and repainting the steel superstructure and
replacing
the deck of the main bridge carrying Chestnut Street over the Schuylkill
River
and the two Schuylkill Avenue structures over I-76, the project also
includes:

• Rehabilitating two structures on the Interstate 76 on-and-off-ramps
between
Chestnut Street and Walnut Street;
• Resurfacing Chestnut Street from 31st Street to 30th Street, and from
24th
Street to 23rd Street;
• Constructing wider sidewalks and installing decorative barrier and
railings
on the Chestnut Street and Schuylkill Avenue bridges;
• Rehabilitating a 900-foot section of the river wall structure between
I-76
and the Schuylkill River from Market Street and Walnut Street;
• Rehabilitating a 15-foot section of the retaining wall supporting the
Schuylkill River Trail under Chestnut Street;
• Installing new traffic signals, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
equipment, and street lighting along Chestnut Street between 31st Street
and
23rd Street;
• Replacing millennium lighting on Chestnut Street over the Schuylkill
River;
• Constructing a new trellis at the Chestnut Street Trailhead to the
Schuylkill
River Trail;
• Restriping pavement markings for a bicycle lane on Chestnut Street
between
34th Street and 22nd Street; and
• Installing a new clear acrylic barrier along Amtrak Northeast Corridor
tracks
located on the west side of Schuylkill Avenue West between Chestnut Street
and
Walnut Street.

The bridges on Chestnut Street and Schuylkill Avenue West will be under
construction concurrently and will remain open for most of the project.
There
will be various lane and sidewalk restrictions during the three stages of
construction that will require shifts in travel lane and sidewalk
configurations.

Approximately midway through the project, a detour will be in place for
about
one year on Chestnut Street from Schuylkill Avenue West to 23rd Street for
the
rehabilitation of the structurally deficient bridge carrying Chestnut
Street
over the CSX rail lines.

The Schuylkill River Trail will be closed below Chestnut Street for
approximately three months over the winter of 2017-2018 for repairs.

In addition, the on-and-off-ramps at the I-76 Interchange between Chestnut
Street and Walnut Street will be restricted to a single lane of traffic
during
construction. There will also be nighttime and weekend full closures of the

ramps during certain construction operations.

The entire project is scheduled to finish in fall 2020.

Buckley & Company Inc., of Philadelphia is the general contractor on the
project, which is financed with 80 percent federal and 20 percent state
funds.

For more information on the project, visit www.chestnutstreetbridges.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.

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