King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that a new road carrying southbound Ship Road (Ship Road Couplet) will open to traffic next week under a local improvement project in West Whiteland Township, Chester County.  

Beginning Tuesday, November 7, the new southbound Ship Road (Ship Road Couplet) will open from just south of Swedesford Road at the Chester Valley Trail through the Business U.S. 30 (Lincoln Highway) to just north of the U.S. 30 Bypass.

Once the new roadway opens, southbound Ship Road motorists will be diverted to the right onto a new lane immediately after crossing the Chester Valley Trail, while northbound Ship Road traffic will continue to use the existing Ship Road.

For more information, please visit West Whiteland Township's Ship Road Couplet project page.

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 1,000 traffic cameras.

For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, visit the District 6 Traffic Bulletin.

Information about infrastructure in District 6, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D6Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov. 

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Contact: Brad Rudolph, bradrudolph@pa.gov

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