New Route 724 Ramp to U.S. 422 East to Open Wednesday Following Major Reconstruction

New Route 724 Ramp to U.S. 422 East to Open Wednesday Following Major
Reconstruction

4/16/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today
that it
will open the newly built ramp from Route 724 (Schuylkill Road) to
eastbound
U.S. 422 on Wednesday, April 18. The ramp had been closed since May 2015
for
reconstruction at the interchange and the eastbound side of the U.S. 422
bridge
over the Schuylkill River in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County.

Under this project, PennDOT's contractor is constructing new U.S. 422
structures over the Schuylkill River and Norfolk Southern railroad tracks;
rebuilding U.S. 422 from the Schuylkill River bridge to the Porter Road
overpass; installing new median barriers; replacing the Armand Hammer
Boulevard
bridge over U.S. 422; improving and realigning ramps at the U.S. 422/Armand

Hammer Boulevard Interchange; reconstructing and realigning the ramp from
Route
724 to U.S. 422 east; improving storm water drainage; erecting three
overhead
sign structures; installing conduit for future Intelligent Transportation
equipment; and installing new guide rail and signs.

J.D. Eckman, Inc., of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on
the
$73.3 million project which is financed with 80 percent federal and 20
percent
state funds. Work on the entire project is scheduled to finish this fall.

For more information visit www.422improvements.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.
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warnings,
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traffic cameras.

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devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts
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on the 511PA website.

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