PennDOT - District 6 News: I-95 Lane Closures, Brief Stoppages Scheduled at Night Next Week for Construction in Philadelphia

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PennDOT - District 6 News

I-95 Lane Closures, Brief Stoppages Scheduled at Night Next Week for Construction in Philadelphia

King of Prussia, PA - Nighttime lane closures and brief stoppages will be in place on Interstate 95 next week between the Bridge Street and Betsy Ross Bridge interchanges in Philadelphia for construction and related activities, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

Weather permitting, the I-95 restrictions and locations are:

• Sunday, January 10, through Thursday, January 14, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, the southbound right lane and shoulder will be closed at the southern end of the Bridge Street Interchange, south of the existing three-lane traffic pattern, for soil borings; and
• Monday, January 11, through Friday, January 15, alternating northbound or southbound lane closures and periodic stoppages of up to 15 minutes will be in place at the Betsy Ross Bridge Interchange for overhead ramp demolition and beam removal. For each occurrence, one lane will close at 8:00 PM, and a second lane will close at 10:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning.

Drivers are advised to remain alert for slowing traffic when approaching these work areas.

The construction activities are part of the ongoing $93.6 million I-95 ramp replacement project at the Betsy Ross Bridge Interchange. The soil borings are among the advance engineering activities underway for upcoming reconstruction of I-95 at the Bridge Street Interchange.

Work on these projects 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.

For more information about PennDOT's initiative to reconstruct I-95 in southeast Pennsylvania, visit www.95revive.com.

For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, visit www.penndot.gov/District6TrafficBulletin.

To help make decisions regarding winter travel, motorists are encouraged to "Know Before You Go" by checking conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 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 1,000 traffic cameras. Users can also see plow truck statuses and travel alerts along a specific route using the "Check My Route" tool.

Follow PennDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly and like the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/phillypenndot and Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.

MEDIA CONTACT: Brad Rudolph, 610-205-6800

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