Chestnut Street Ramp to I-95 North Ramp to Close for Six Months for Bridge Construction in the City of Chester, Delaware County

Chestnut Street Ramp to I-95 North Ramp to Close for Six Months for Bridge
Construction in the City of Chester, Delaware County

6/13/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

The ramp from Chestnut Street to northbound Interstate 95 in the City of
Chester, Delaware County, is scheduled to close beginning Monday, June 25,
for
construction activities related to a project to rehabilitate eight bridges
over
I-95 and CSX Railroad in the City of Chester, Delaware County, the
Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today. The closure will
remain
in place through the end of the year.

During the six-month closure, passenger vehicles will be directed to use
Chestnut Street or 12th Street, turn left on U.S. 13 (Morton Avenue/Chester

Pike) and turn right on Stewart Avenue to access the ramp to northbound
I-95.

Truck traffic will be will be directed to use Route 320 (Providence
Avenue),
22nd Street/MacDade Boulevard and Interstate 476 South to reach northbound
I-95.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling near the work area

because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather

dependent.

Under this improvement project, PennDOT is rehabilitating the multi-span,
steel
girder bridges on Potter Street, Madison Street, Upland Street, Melrose
Avenue,
Chestnut Street, Edgmont Avenue, and the Crosby Street and Walnut Street
pedestrian structures. The contractor is also improving the I-95 south exit

ramp at Chestnut Street.

PennDOT owns the Edgmont Avenue and Madison Street bridges, and the City of

Chester owns the remaining six structures.

In addition to the bridge and ramp improvements, PennDOT's contractor is
repairing Chestnut Street and Morton Avenue from 12th Street to 4th Street;

reconstructing curbs and sidewalks; milling and resurfacing the streets;
installing a new traffic signal at Chestnut Street and Morton Avenue;
upgrading
the traffic signal at Morton Avenue and 7th Street; and reconstructing
Morton
Avenue from 7th Street to 4th Street to lower the road under the Amtrak
overpass to increase vertical clearance.

South State, Inc. of Bridgeton, N.J. is the general contractor on the $16.6

million project which is financed with 100 percent state 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 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 860 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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