U.S. 422 Left Lane Closures This Weekend for Construction in Valley Forge Area

U.S. 422 Left Lane Closures This Weekend for Construction in Valley Forge
Area

6/6/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Eastbound and westbound U.S. 422 motorists will encounter left lane
closures
between the Route 363 (Trooper Road) and Route 23 (Valley Forge Road)
interchanges in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, from 10:00 PM
Friday,
June 8, to 1:00 PM Saturday, June 9, so crews can establish a new westbound

traffic pattern for staged construction to resurface mainline U.S. 422, the

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

During the operation, the eastbound and westbound ramps at Route 363
(Trooper
Road) will remain open to traffic. The ramp from Route 23 (Valley Forge
Road)
to westbound U.S. 422 will also stay open, however there will be periodic
15-minute traffic stoppages sometime between 10:00 PM Friday, June 8, and
1:00
PM Saturday, June 9.

In addition to the travel restrictions this weekend, overnight single lane
closures are planned on westbound U.S. 422 between the Route 363 (Trooper
Road)
and U.S. 202 interchanges on Sunday, June 10, through Thursday, June 14,
from
9:00 PM to 6:00 AM the following morning for median construction.

Drivers should allow additional time for travel in the construction zones
because backups and delays will occur. The contractor's schedule is weather

dependent.

The work is part of a project to build new, wider bridges to improve travel
and
carry U.S. 422 motorists over the Schuylkill River, Norfolk Southern
Railroad,
South Trooper Road and Schuylkill River Trail in West Norriton, Upper
Merion
and Lower Providence townships.

The scope of work includes improving U.S. 422 between the Route 23 (Valley
Forge Road) and Route 363 (Trooper Road) interchanges; upgrading Route 23
(Valley Forge Road) at its interchange with U.S. 422; and improving ramps
at
the Route 363 (Trooper Road), Route 23 (Valley Forge Road) and First Avenue

interchanges.

Construction on this improvement project began in February 2016 and is
scheduled to finish in May 2020.

J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Chester County, is the general contractor on
the
$97.4 million project that is financed with 80 percent federal and 20
percent
state funds.

For additional information on U.S. 422 improvement projects, 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 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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