I-95 Nighttime Lane Restrictions Scheduled Next Week in Philadelphia

I-95 Nighttime Lane Restrictions Scheduled Next Week in Philadelphia

2/23/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Alternating northbound and southbound Interstate 95 right lane closures
will be
in place Sunday, February 25, through Friday, March 2, from 9:00 PM to 5:00
AM
the following morning, at changing locations between the Betsy Ross
Bridge/Aramingo Avenue and Cottman Avenue interchanges in Philadelphia for
soil
borings and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) equipment testing, the

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

In addition, restrictions will be in place on two surface streets adjacent
to
I-95 for construction at the Girard Avenue and Allegheny Avenue
interchanges.

Southbound Richmond Street between Ann Street and Allegheny Avenue in Port
Richmond will be closed to through traffic on Monday, February 26, through
Friday, March 2, from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, for gas line installation.
Southbound
Richmond Street traffic will be detoured west on Allegheny Avenue and south
on
Aramingo Avenue.

Aramingo Avenue will be closed between Delaware Avenue/Richmond Street and
Girard Avenue at the Girard Avenue Interchange on Wednesday, February 28,
from
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, for overhead bridge construction on the new northbound
I-95
viaduct. Southbound Aramingo Avenue motorists will be detoured west on
Girard
Avenue and south on Frankford Avenue to Delaware Avenue. Northbound
Aramingo
Avenue motorists will be detoured over Richmond Street and Lehigh Avenue.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work
areas.
All scheduled activities are weather dependent.

The viaduct construction and equipment testing are part of PennDOT's $212
million project to reconstruct I-95 at the Girard Avenue Interchange and
install ITS equipment on I-95 and other regional highways.

The soil borings are engineering activities underway for the planned
reconstruction of I-95 between Bridge Street and the Betsy Ross
Bridge/Aramingo
Avenue Interchange. Utility work on Richmond Street is part of the project
to
reconstruct and improve Richmond Street under the first contract of the
project
to reconstruct and improve I-95 at the Allegheny Avenue Interchange.

For more information on I-95 improvement projects, visit www.95revive.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
information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the
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