U.S. 30/Exton Bypass Ramp to U.S. 202 North Reduced to One Lane for Nine Months Beginning Tuesday Morning

U.S. 30/Exton Bypass Ramp to U.S. 202 North Reduced to One Lane for Nine
Months Beginning Tuesday Morning

4/6/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The ramp from eastbound U.S. 30/Exton Bypass to northbound U.S. 202 north
in
East Whiteland and West Whiteland townships, Chester County, will be
reduced
from two-lanes-to-one for approximately nine months beginning Tuesday
morning,
April 10, following a rescheduled operation to set a new traffic pattern
and
begin replacement of the ramp's deteriorated concrete pavement, the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

Crews will set up the single-lane traffic pattern on the ramp during Monday

night's scheduled activities. Originally scheduled for overnight Friday,
April
6, the single-lane traffic pattern set-up on the ramp was postponed due to
weather.

Beginning Tuesday morning, April 10, motorists on eastbound U.S. 30/Exton
Bypass approaching U.S. 202 should allow extra time for travel through the
work
area, or use an alternate route, as significant backups are expected during
the
morning and afternoon rush hours through late fall for the duration of the
ramp
repair operation.

In addition to the ramp restriction, crews will reduce northbound U.S. 202
to a
single lane and close the northbound U.S. 202 ramp to Business U.S. 30 for
two
nights next week for installation of construction barrier.

The work schedule is:

• Monday, April 9, through Friday, April 13, from 10:00 PM to 5:00 AM the
following morning, the ramp from the U.S. 30/Exton Bypass to northbound
U.S.
202 will be closed for construction. U.S. 30 motorists heading for
northbound
U.S. 202 will be directed to exit at Business U.S. 30, turn right on
Business
U.S. 30, then turn right onto the ramp to northbound U.S. 202;

• Tuesday, April 10, and Wednesday, April 11, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM the
following morning, northbound U.S. 202 will be reduced to a single lane
between
the Boot Road and Route 401 interchanges for installation of temporary
construction barrier; and

• Tuesday, April 10, and Wednesday, April 11, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM the
following morning, the ramp from northbound U.S. 202 to Business U.S. 30
will
be closed due to the closure of the northbound right lane on U.S. 202 for
installation of construction barrier.

All scheduled activities are weather permitting.

The ramp repairs and other activities at the interchange are being done
under
PennDOT's $26.4 million project that also includes rehabilitation of the
northbound and southbound U.S. 202 bridges over Amtrak at the U.S. 30
Interchange. PennDOT late last year completed replacement of the
deteriorated
concrete from the outside lane of the two-lane ramp from southbound U.S.
202 to
U.S. 30 and the U.S. 30/Exton Bypass.

PennDOT added the ramp work after discovering during widening and
reconstruction of U.S. 202 Section 330 that the original concrete, placed
during construction of the U.S. 30/Exton Bypass during the mid-1990s, was
deteriorating due to a chemical reaction between the concrete's sand and
cement
known by engineers as ASR (alkali-silica reaction).

Allan A Myers, Inc. of Worcester, Montgomery County, is the general
contractor
on the project, which is financed with 100 percent federal funds.

For more information, visit www.us202-300.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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