U.S. 422 East to Close Wednesday Night for Construction in Pottstown Area

U.S. 422 East to Close Wednesday Night for Construction in Pottstown Area

4/16/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Eastbound U.S. 422 will be closed and detoured from the split with Benjamin

Franklin Highway in Douglass Township, Berks County, to Route 100
(Pottstown
Pike) in North Coventry Township, Chester County, from 9:00 PM Wednesday,
April
18, to 5:00 AM Thursday, April 19, for barrier installation as part of a
project to improve and reconstruct 1.2 miles of U.S. 422 from just east of
the
Schuylkill River bridge to just west of the Montgomery County line, the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

During the overnight closure, eastbound U.S. 422 motorists will be directed
to
continue on Benjamin Franklin Highway/High Street and turn right onto
southbound Route 100 (Pottstown Pike) to access the ramp to eastbound U.S.
422.

In addition, the ramp from Grosstown Road at the Stowe Interchange to
eastbound
U.S. 422 will be closed from 9:00 PM Wednesday, April 18, to 5:00 AM
Thursday,
April 19. Motorists will be directed to use High Street to access eastbound

U.S. 422.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling near the work areas
because backups and slowdowns will occur. All scheduled activities are
weather
dependent.

Under this improvement project, PennDOT is reconstructing U.S. 422 on both
existing and new alignments; reconfiguring the U.S. 422/Stowe Interchange
to a
diamond configuration; removing and replacing the existing ramps and
culverts;
installing new Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) equipment, message
boards, signing, pavement markings, lighting, concrete median barriers,
median
glare screens and guide rail; upgrading stormwater management facilities
and
pipes; and constructing and restoring wetlands.

H & K Group, Inc. of Schwenksville, Montgomery County, is the general
contractor on the $35,581,408 improvement project which is financed with
100
percent state funds from Act 89, Pennsylvania's Transportation Plan. The
entire
project is scheduled to be completed in late 2020.

For more information on the project, 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.
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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