PennDOT - District 6 News: I-95 Lane Closures Planned for Bridge Construction in the City of Chester, Delaware County

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PennDOT - District 6 News

I-95 Lane Closures Planned for Bridge Construction in the City of Chester, Delaware County

King of Prussia, PA – Interstate 95 motorists in Delaware County will encounter double lane closures from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM over the next two weeks between Interstate 476 and the Chestnut Street exit for bridge cleaning and painting operations under a project to rehabilitate eight structures over the expressway and CSX Railroad in the City of Chester, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

The work schedule is:

• Monday, September 23, and Tuesday, September 24, the right and center lanes will close on northbound I-95;
• Wednesday, September 25, the left and center lanes will close on northbound I-95;
• Thursday, September 26, the left and center lanes will close on southbound I-95;
• Monday, September 30, the left and center lanes will close on southbound I-95;
• Tuesday, October 1, the right and center lanes will close on southbound I-95; and
• Thursday, October 3, the right and center lanes will close on southbound I-95.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work areas because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.

Under this $27.8 million 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 this project which is financed with 100 percent state funds.

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