King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that regional bridge repairs will continue next week on Interstate 95 in the Bridesburg section of Philadelphia under a $44.6 million bridge improvement project to perform high-priority repairs on several structures on I-95, Interstate 476 and Interstate 295 in Philadelphia, Delaware and Bucks counties.
Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:
Philadelphia
- From 7:30 PM Friday, April 21, to 5:00 PM Sunday, April 23, the ramp from Aramingo Avenue to southbound I-95 will be closed and detoured for expansion joint repair on the southbound I-95 ramps; and
- From 7:30 PM Friday, April 28, to 5:00 PM Sunday, April 30, the ramp from Aramingo Avenue to southbound I-95 will be closed and detoured for expansion joint repair on the southbound I-95 ramps. Motorists will be directed to follow the posted detour routes.
Bucks County
- Tuesday, April 25, through Thursday, April 27 from 7:30 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, a single lane closure is scheduled on eastbound and/or westbound I-295 between the Route 413 (Bristol) and Business U.S. 1/Route 413 (Penndel/Levittown) interchanges in Bristol and Middletown townships; and
- Monday, May 8, through Friday, September 8, Trenton Road will be closed and detoured 24/7 over I-295 between Route 413 (Veterans Highway) and Bensalem Boulevard in Middletown Township and Hulmeville Borough. During the closure, motorists will be directed to use Route 413 (Veterans Highway), New Falls Road and Bensalem Boulevard.
Local access will be maintained for the closure. Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through or near the work areas because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
Repairs to the structures under this project include replacing rocker bearings, frozen sliding plate bearings and deck expansion joints; cleaning and painting steel beams; repairing substructure concrete; and reconstructing bearing pedestals.
The project also includes the replacement of high mast light poles along the I-95 corridor in Philadelphia and Delaware counties.
Driscoll Construction Company, Inc. of Philadelphia is the general contractor on the project, which is financed with 100% federal funds.
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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