Travel Restrictions Scheduled Next Week on Several State Highways for Bridge Inspections in Philadelphia

Travel Restrictions Scheduled Next Week on Several State Highways for
Bridge Inspections in Philadelphia

2/9/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Travel restrictions are scheduled next week on several state highways,
including U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) and the George C. Platt Memorial
Bridge
(Route 291), in Philadelphia for bridge inspections, the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

The work schedule is:

• Monday, February 12, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, a right lane closure is
scheduled on southbound Whitaker Avenue between Pennway Street and East
Loudon
Street;
• Monday, February 12, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM, a right lane closure is
scheduled on northbound Whitaker Avenue between East Loudon Street and
Pennway
Street;
• Monday, February 12, and Tuesday, February 13, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,
lane
closures are scheduled on Walnut Lane between Wissahickon Avenue and Morris

Street;
• Tuesday, February 13, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, lane closures are
scheduled in
both directions on the George C. Platt Memorial Bridge (Route 291);
• Tuesday, February 13, and Wednesday, February 14, from 9:00 AM to 3:00
PM, a
right lane closure is scheduled on the ramp from the Betsy Ross Bridge to
southbound Interstate 95;
• Thursday, February 15, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, lane closures are
scheduled
in both directions on the inner lanes of U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard)
between
Bridge Street and Large Street; and
• Friday, February 16, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, lane closures are scheduled
in
both directions on the inner lanes of U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) between
Tyson Avenue and Borbeck Avenue/Ryan Avenue.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work
areas. 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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