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

3/3/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

King of Prussia, PA – Travel restrictions are scheduled next week on
several
state highways in Philadelphia for bridge inspections, the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

The work schedule is:

• Sunday, March 4, through Wednesday, March 7, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, a
right
lane closure is scheduled on Route 291 (Penrose Avenue) between 26th Street
and
Interstate 95;
• Monday, March 5, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, a right lane closure is
scheduled
on Cheltenham Avenue between 12th Street and Broad Street;
• Tuesday, March 6, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, a right lane closure is
scheduled
on southbound U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) between Byberry Road and Horning

Road/Crown Way;
• Wednesday, March 7, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, lane restrictions are
scheduled
on 26th Street between Interstate 76 and Hartranft Street;
• Thursday, March 8, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, a left lane closure is
scheduled
on the ramp from I-95 north to Interstate 676; and
• Thursday, March 8, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, lane restrictions are
scheduled
I-95 between the I-676 and Columbus Boulevard interchanges.

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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