PennDOT - District 6 News
I-95 Nighttime Lane Closures Next Week for Construction at Bridge Street Interchange in Philadelphia
King of Prussia, PA – Lane closures will be in place Monday, June 1, through Friday, June 5, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning on northbound and southbound Interstate 95 at the Bridge Street Interchange in Philadelphia for construction activities to prepare a long-term traffic pattern for reconstruction at the northern end of the interchange, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.
Work on this project, I-95 Section BS1, will be in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and state Department of Health guidance as well as a project-specific COVID-19 safety plan, which will include protocols for social distancing, use of face coverings, personal and job-site cleaning protocols, management of entries to the jobsite, special signing, and relevant training.
Over the next several weeks, construction crews will work at night to remove rumble strips from the southbound lanes and complete other construction activities on the southbound side and in the median area. This work will prepare the west side (southbound) of I-95 to carry three lanes of traffic in each direction during reconstruction beginning this summer of the northbound lanes and two bridges between Levick and Carver streets.
Northbound reconstruction is scheduled to be completed in fall 2021. Following a shift of six lanes of traffic onto the rebuilt northbound side of I-95, southbound pavement and bridge reconstruction will get underway, with the entire project scheduled for completion in late 2022.
Utility relocation crews also may be present along Tacony Street between Levick Street and Bridge Street during daytime operations to replace or relocate water and sewer lines or other utilities. Single lane closures may be in place on Tacony Street for these activities Mondays through Fridays, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
In addition to I-95 reconstruction, the Section BS1 contract also includes improvements to the parking area, lighting and landscaping at Lardner's Point Park on the Delaware River near Levick Street.
All on-off ramps at the I-95/Bridge Street Interchange will remain open during BS1 construction. Section BS1 is the first of two contracts to reconstruct mainline I-95 at the Bridge Street Interchange. A second mainline reconstruction project at the interchange, Section BS2, is currently in design and will move to construction following completion of Section BS1 in late 2022. In addition to rebuilding the northbound and southbound lanes of I-95 from Carver Street to Margaret Street, Section BS2 will construct a new replacement interchange located on Tacony Street at the Dietz & Watson/Frankford Boat Launch driveway, where a southbound off-ramp and a northbound on-ramp will be constructed. This is also the location of the proposed Delaware Avenue extension that will be built later under Section BS5. For more information, visit www.95revive.com.
The H&K Group, Inc. of Skippack, Montgomery County, is the general contractor on the $79,721,368 project which is being funded by 100 percent federal funds.
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