King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that a SEPTA red bus-only lane will be painted on West Market Street starting next week under a project to repair and resurface 44 miles of state highways in Philadelphia.
Motorists are advised of the following travel restriction:
Motorists should allow extra time when traveling through the work area because backups and delays may occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
PennDOT, the City of Philadelphia, and SEPTA are working together and sharing costs to paint red bus-only lanes to improve bus reliability and road safety. In 2022, PennDOT's contractor painted the first red bus-only lane on Chestnut Street between Broad Street (Route 611) and 2nd Street. Recently, a red bus-only lane was painted on East Market Street between Juniper Street and 4th Street.
Under the entire resurfacing project, PennDOT's contractor is milling and resurfacing 14 state highways in Philadelphia using bituminous material and performing various maintenance roadway enhancements. Tony DePaul and Son, of Flourtown, Montgomery County, is the general contractor on the $10.2 million resurfacing project.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting
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