Three I-76/U.S. 202 Interchange Ramps to Close at Night This Week for Pavement Restoration in Montgomery County

Three I-76/U.S. 202 Interchange Ramps to Close at Night This Week for
Pavement Restoration in Montgomery County

5/7/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Three Interstate 76/U.S. 202 Interchange ramps will be closed and detoured
at
night beginning Wednesday, May 9, for pavement restoration as part of a
major
improvement project to repair and resurface 12.5 miles of I-76 in Upper
Merion
Township, West Conshohocken Borough and Lower Merion Township, Montgomery
County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced
today.

The work schedule for the three ramp closures is:

• I-76 West to U.S. 202 South/U.S. 422 West will be closed and detoured on
Wednesday, May 9, and Thursday, May 10, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM, and
Friday,
May 11 and Saturday, May 12, from 9:00 PM to 9:00 AM. Motorists will be
directed to continue on I-76 West to Mall Boulevard, turn right on Mall
Boulevard, left on North Gulph Road and right on U.S. 202 South to access
U.S.
422 West;

• U.S. 202 South/North Gulph Road to I-76 West will be closed and detoured
on
Wednesday, May 9, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM, and Friday, May 11 from 9:00 PM
to
9:00 AM. Southbound U.S. 202 motorists will be directed to follow signs to
I-76
East, U.S. 202 North and I-76 West. North Gulph Road motorists will use
U.S.
202 South and follow signs to I-76 East, U.S. 202 North and I-76 West; and

• U.S. 202 South to I-76 East/U.S. 422 West will be closed and detoured on
Thursday, May 10, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM, and Saturday, May 12, from 9:00
PM
to 9:00 AM. Motorists will be directed to continue south and exit at Route
252
(Valley Forge Road) and follow signs back to U.S. 202 North to I-76
East/U.S.
422 West.

In addition, single lane closures are scheduled on I-76 in both directions
between the U.S. 202 and U.S. 1 (City Avenue) interchanges on Wednesday,
May 9,
and Thursday, May 10, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM, Friday, May 11, and
Saturday,
May 12, from 9:00 PM to 9:00 AM, and Sunday, May 13, from 9:00 PM to 5:00
AM.

Motorists are advised to use an alternate route or allow extra time when
traveling near the work areas because backups and delays will occur. All
scheduled activities are weather dependent.

Under this improvement project, PennDOT is milling, overlaying and
rehabilitating existing pavement; performing base repairs; installing new
guide
rail; repairing or replacing damaged traffic signs, two overhead sign
structures and numerous expansion joints on three structures; and
installing
rumble strips, delineators and new mileage markers along the four-lane
section
of I-76.

The resurfacing of mainline I-76 in Montgomery County was completed in
October
2017, while work on the entire project will finish this summer.

J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Chester County is the general contractor on
the
$21,150,734 project, which is financed with 100 percent federal funds.

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
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