PennDOT - District 6 News: I-76 East to Close Several Nights Next Week for Viaduct Construction near 30th Street in Philadelphia

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PennDOT - District 6 News

I-76 East to Close Several Nights Next Week for Viaduct Construction near 30th Street in Philadelphia

King of Prussia, PA – Eastbound Interstate 76 will close overnight and additional lane restrictions will be in place next week near 30th Street in Philadelphia for construction on the Schuylkill Avenue viaduct over the expressway between Walnut and Market streets, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today. 

The work schedule, which is weather dependent, is:

• Monday, September 17, through Friday, September 21, from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM, eastbound I-76 will be reduced to a single lane between the Interstate 676 and South Street interchanges and then completely closed from 11:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning. During the closure, eastbound I-76 motorists will be directed to exit at 30th Street and follow the detour around 30th Street Station to Schuylkill Avenue and the ramp to eastbound I-76 at Walnut Street; and
  
• Monday, September 17, through Friday, September 21, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, westbound I-76 will be reduced to a single lane between the South Street and I-676 interchanges.
  

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 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. 

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.  

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.   

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