King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that regional bridge repairs will continue next week on the Girard Point Bridge and Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and Delaware County.
Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:
- Monday, January 30, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 AM, lane closures are scheduled on the southbound deck on the I-95 Girard Point Bridge between Broad Street (Route 611) and Penrose Avenue (Route 291) in Philadelphia for bridge repair;
- Monday, January 30, through Thursday, February 2, a single lane closure will be in place from 7:00 PM to 6:00 AM, followed by a double lane closure from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM on sections of northbound I-95 between the U.S. 322 (Exit 4) and Philadelphia International Airport (Exit 12) interchanges in Delaware County for guiderail repair; and
- Tuesday, January 31, through Friday, February 3, from 7:30 PM to 5:30 AM the following morning, lane closures are scheduled on the ramps to-and-from northbound and southbound I-95 to I-476 in Delaware County for removal of traffic control materials.
Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work areas because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
The bridge repair and material removal operations are part of PennDOT's $44.5 million investment in a contract to perform high-priority repairs on 14 structures on I-95, I-476 and Interstate 295 in Philadelphia, Delaware and Bucks counties.
The guiderail repair is part of a $80.6 million project to rehabilitate pavement and several bridges on more than 11 miles of the interstate in Lower Chichester, Upper Chichester, Chester, Ridley and Tinicum townships, the City of Chester and Upland and Ridley Park boroughs.
Motorists can check 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.
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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