I-76 Overnight Lane and Ramp Closures Next Week for Viaduct Construction near 30th Street in Philadelphia

I-76 Overnight Lane and Ramp Closures Next Week for Viaduct Construction
near 30th Street in Philadelphia

5/23/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Overnight lane and ramp restrictions will be in place on Interstate 76 next

week near 30th Street in Philadelphia for construction on the viaduct
carrying
Schuylkill Avenue over the expressway between Walnut Street and Market
Street,
the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

On Tuesday, May 29, through Thursday, May 31, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the
following morning, I-76 will be reduced to a single lane in both directions

between the South Street and Interstate 676 interchanges.

In addition, the ramp from westbound I-76 to 30th Street will close on
Tuesday,
May 29, through Thursday, May 31, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following
morning
for repairs. Motorists normally using this ramp will be detoured west on
I-76,
east on I-676, exit at 23rd Street, left on 22rd Street, left on the ramp
to
westbound I-676, and east on I-76 to the ramp to 30th Street.

Motorists are advised to use an alternate route or allow additional time
for
travel on I-76 through the work areas because backups and delays will
occur.
All scheduled activities are subject to change depending on weather
conditions.

Construction crews on the $103.6 million project are repairing or replacing
the
viaduct's deteriorated steel deck beams and cross members and the ramp's
expansion dams and concrete pavement.

PennDOT is rehabilitating the Chestnut Street bridge over the Schuylkill
River
and seven other nearby structures, including those carrying Schuylkill
Avenue
over I-76 between Walnut Street and Chestnut Street, and between Chestnut
Street and Market Street.

In addition to repairing and repainting the steel superstructure and
replacing
the deck of the main bridge carrying Chestnut Street over the Schuylkill
River
and the two Schuylkill Avenue structures over I-76, the project also
includes:

• Rehabilitating two structures on the Interstate 76 on-and-off-ramps
between
Chestnut Street and Walnut Street;
• Resurfacing Chestnut Street from 31st Street to 30th Street, and from
24th
Street to 23rd Street;
• Constructing wider sidewalks and installing decorative barrier and
railings
on the Chestnut Street and Schuylkill Avenue bridges;
• Rehabilitating a 900-foot section of the river wall structure between
I-76
and the Schuylkill River from Market Street and Walnut Street;
• Rehabilitating a 15-foot section of the retaining wall supporting the
Schuylkill River Trail under Chestnut Street;
• Installing new traffic signals, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
equipment, and street lighting along Chestnut Street between 31st Street
and
23rd Street;
• Replacing millennium lighting on Chestnut Street over the Schuylkill
River;
• Constructing a new trellis at the Chestnut Street Trailhead to the
Schuylkill
River Trail;
• Restriping pavement markings for a bicycle lane on Chestnut Street
between
34th Street and 22nd Street; and
• Installing a new clear acrylic barrier along Amtrak Northeast Corridor
tracks
located on the west side of Schuylkill Avenue West between Chestnut Street
and
Walnut Street.

The bridges on Chestnut Street and Schuylkill Avenue West will be under
construction concurrently and will remain open for most of the project.
There
will be various lane and sidewalk restrictions during the three stages of
construction that will require shifts in travel lane and sidewalk
configurations.

Approximately midway through the project beginning in mid-2019, a detour
will
be in place for about one year on Chestnut Street from Schuylkill Avenue
West
to 23rd Street for the rehabilitation of the structurally deficient bridge
carrying Chestnut Street over the CSX rail lines.

The Schuylkill River Trail will be closed below Chestnut Street for
approximately three months over the winter of 2018-2019 for repairs.

In addition, the on-and-off-ramps at the I-76 Interchange between Chestnut
Street and Walnut Street will be restricted to a single lane of traffic
during
construction. There will also be nighttime and weekend full closures of the

ramps during certain construction operations.

The entire project is scheduled to finish in fall 2020.

Buckley & Company Inc., of Philadelphia is the general contractor on the
project, which is financed with 80 percent federal and 20 percent state
funds.

For more information on the project, visit www.chestnutstreetbridges.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.

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visiting
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traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and
access
to more than 860 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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