King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that roadway construction and paving will close the Johnson Highway and Arch Street/Old Arch Road Intersection under the $55.1 million project to improve, widen, and reconstruct approximately 1.8 miles of the U.S. 202 (Dekalb Pike) in Norristown and East Norriton and Whitpain townships, Montgomery County.
Motorists are advised of the following travel restriction:
- From 6:00 PM Friday, November 21, to 6:00 PM Saturday, November 22, the Johnson Highway and Arch Street/Old Arch Road Intersection will be closed and detoured.
During the closure, eastbound Johnson Highway motorists will be directed to use U.S. 202 (Dekalb Pike) and either Germantown Pike or Fornance Street. Westbound Johnson Highway motorists will be directed to use New Hope Street and Fornance Street or New Hope Street/Arch Road to Germantown Pike. Arch Street/Old Arch Road motorists will be directed to use New Hope Street and Fornance Street.
Local access will be maintained at all times up to the work area. The schedule is weather dependent.
Under this U.S. 202 (Dekalb Pike) improvement project, PennDOT’s contractor will:
- Reconstruct and widen U.S. 202 (Dekalb Pike) from the existing two lanes to two lanes northbound, one lane southbound and a center turn lane from Johnson Highway to Township Line Road.
- Install five-foot bicycle lanes in both directions along the entire project area.
- Build new sidewalks at various locations.
- Reconstruct one bridge and one box culvert.
- Construct two sound walls and retaining walls.
- Install new signals, signing and pavement markings.
- Perform drainage improvements.
- Integrate Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to improve traffic flow.
Motorists are also reminded that through July 2027, Germantown Pike will be reduced to a single lane in each direction between Swede Road and Hannah Avenue in East Norriton Township.
During construction, all left turn lanes and local access to businesses and residences will be maintained.
Motorists are advised to use an alternate route or allow more time for travel through the work area because significant backups and slowdowns will occur.
The work on Germantown Pike will be performed in multiple stages, to maintain traffic movements during construction, and will include:
- Construction of new drainage pipes and inlets.
- Full depth roadway removal.
- Construction of new curbs, sidewalks, and ADA ramps.
- Bituminous paving.
- Construction of new concrete islands.
- Traffic Signal, crosswalk, and lighting improvements at the Germantown Pike intersection.
This project is a critical part of a comprehensive, multi-phase program to reconstruct, widen and improve travel on a 9.1-mile section of U.S. 202 (Dekalb Pike) and selected intersections between Johnson Highway in Norristown and Route 309 in Montgomery Township.
For more information on this project and PennDOT’s U.S. 202 Improvement Program in Montgomery County, visit the U.S. 202 Section 600 Improvements webpage.
Motorists can check conditions on major roadways 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 1,200 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Brad Rudolph, bradrudolph@pa.gov
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