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PennDOT to Resume Construction on Project to Rehabilitate Eight Bridges over I-95 in the City of Chester, Delaware County
King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that construction will resume Tuesday, May 5, on the project to rehabilitate eight bridges over Interstate 95 and CSX Railroad in the City of Chester, Delaware County. Initial construction activities will not impact I-95 traffic.
Work on this project 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 signage and relevant training.
Beginning, Monday, May 18, through Friday, June 26, the ramp from Chestnut Street to northbound I-95 will be closed and detoured 24/7 for sign structure installation. During the closure, passenger vehicles will be directed to use 12th Street, U.S. 13 (Morton Avenue/Chester Pike/West Chester Pike) and Stewart Avenue to access northbound I-95. Large trucks will be directed to use 12th Street, Edgmont Avenue, Providence Avenue and 22nd Street to access northbound I-95.
Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling on I-95 near the work area because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent and subject to change.
Under this $28.6 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. The entire project is expected to finish this summer.
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