PennDOT - District 6 News
I-95 Lane Closures Thursday Night Ahead of Southbound Reconstruction at Girard Avenue in Philadelphia
King of Prussia, PA – Motorists using northbound and southbound Interstate 95 and eastbound Interstate 676 will encounter periodic right and left lane closures Thursday night, September 6, as crews place signs for the $311.6 million southbound reconstruction at the Girard Avenue Interchange that is scheduled to begin with a traffic shift later this month, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.
From 9:00 PM Thursday, September 6, to 5:00 AM Friday, September 7, alternating northbound and southbound lane closures will be in place on I-95 between the Betsy Ross Bridge and I-676 interchanges, and on eastbound I-676 between the 8th Street and I-95 interchanges.
The traffic shift planned over the weekend of September 21-23 will move three lanes of I-95 southbound traffic onto the rebuilt northbound lanes beginning north of the Allegheny Avenue Interchange. With a temporary barrier separating the six lanes of northbound and southbound I-95 vehicles, southbound traffic will remain on northbound side through the Girard Avenue Interchange, returning to the southbound side south of the interchange.
The southbound I-95 ramp to Girard Avenue will remain open until mid-2019, when it will close for replacement. The off-ramp will be accessible by an exit-only lane that will be maintained on the southbound side through the work area. The on-ramp to southbound I-95 at Girard Avenue will remain open for the duration of southbound reconstruction.
Following the shift, crews will begin demolition and reconstruction of the southbound viaduct starting at Palmer Street and proceeding north to Ann Street. Replacement of the southbound viaduct, along with reconstruction of the southbound pavement between Allegheny Avenue and Ann Street and reconstruction of the southbound on-off ramps at Girard Avenue, are expected to take about four years to complete.
The start of southbound reconstruction will mark the substantial completion of more than three years of work on the $212 million contract (GR3) to replace the northbound viaduct between Palmer and Ann streets; reconstruct the northbound lanes from Ann Street to Allegheny Avenue; and rebuild the northbound interchange at Girard Avenue.
Including the contract to reconstruct the southbound lanes (GR4), PennDOT has invested more than $662 million under five contracts (GR0, GR1, GR2, GR3, GR4) since 2009 to reconstruct and improve I-95 at the Girard Avenue Interchange. Two final contracts to reconstruct northbound and southbound I-95 between Frankford Avenue and the ramps to I-676 remain in design and are scheduled for construction to start in 2021 (GR6) and 2024 (GR5).
For more information on all I-95 improvement projects, visit www.95revive.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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