PennDOT - District 6 News
I-676 East Overnight Lane Closures Next Week for Fiber Optic Installation Next Week in Philadelphia
King of Prussia, PA – Motorists using eastbound Interstate 676 will encounter overnight lane closures between the Interstate 76 and Interstate 95 interchanges in Philadelphia on Tuesday, September 4, through Friday, September 7, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning for installation of fiber optic lines for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) components, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.
Motorists are advised that backups may occur at times approaching the work zone. All schedule activities are weather permitting.
The ITS components, which include traffic cameras, travel-time monitors and dynamic message boards, will be utilized by PennDOT's Traffic Management Center to provide motorists with real-time travel information on the region's highways.
The ITS devices are being installed as part of PennDOT's $64.8 million project to replace seven structurally deficient bridges over I-676 between 22nd Street and 18th Street, and to make landscaping and streetscape improvements above the expressway.
Bridge construction and above-expressway improvements were substantially completed in May with the opening of the new 18th Street overpass, the last of seven structures replaced under the 100 percent federally-funded project. PennDOT's contractor is working this summer to complete clean up, bridge painting, ITS installations and repaving of I-676 between 18th and 22nd streets by early fall.
Buckley & Company, Inc. of Philadelphia is the general contractor on the project.
For more information on the I-676 project, visit www.bridgesover676.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.
For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow local PennDOT information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.
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