King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that the Chestnut Street bridge over Interstate 95 and Columbus Boulevard at Penn's Landing will be closed for several years beginning on Monday, January 15, for demolition of the existing covering over I-95 between Chestnut and Sansom streets in Center City Philadelphia.

The bridge closure will affect SEPTA bus routes serving the Penn's Landing area, including Routes 5, 17, 21, 33, 38. 42, and 44. Details on the affected bus routes will be available from SEPTA in early 2024.

During the bridge closure, Chestnut Street motorist will be directed south on Front Street.

Access to Penn's Landing and the waterfront will remain open to pedestrians by using the Market Street bridge from 2nd Street.

Demolition of the bridge and the adjacent covered area over I-95 (Chestnut Park) is expected to get underway following the bridge closure. The work is part of PennDOT's multi-year $329 million I-95/CAP project to replace, expand and improve the existing covered section of I-95, and improve multi-modal connections between Center City and the Delaware River waterfront.

The new covering over I-95 will be enlarged to span between Chestnut and Walnut streets and will extend from Front Street east to cover Columbus Boulevard. The new covered area also will include construction of a new Park at Penn's Landing.

To learn more about the I-95 CAP project, as well as other projects under PennDOT's I-95 reconstruction and improvement program, visit www.95revive.com

To learn more about the new Park at Penn's Landing, go to parkatpennslanding.com.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions, 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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