King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that various construction activities will occur at night next week on I-476 under two separate projects to improve travel and safety on the interstate, the associated on-and-off ramps and bridges in Delaware County.
Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:
- Monday, April 27, through Friday, May 15, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, a weeknight lane closure will be in place on the ramp roadways to northbound and southbound I-476 and to northbound and southbound U.S. 1 at the Exit 5 Interchange in Marple Township for bridge repair.
- Thursday, April 30, and Friday, May 1, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, a lane closure will be in place on sections of northbound and southbound I-476 between the U.S. 1 (Exit 5) and Media/Swarthmore (Exit 3) interchanges in Nether Providence and Springfield townships for pole installations.
- Thursday, April 30, and Friday, May 1, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, a lane closure will be in place on sections of northbound and southbound I-476 between the Route 3 (Exit 9) and U.S. 1 (Exit 5) interchanges in Marple Township for pole installations.
- Sunday, May 3, and Monday, May 4, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, a lane closure will be in place on the ramp from southbound I-95 to northbound I-476 in Ridley Park Borough and Ridley Township for guiderail removal and utility construction.
Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through all the work areas because significant backups and delays may occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
The bridge repair is part of a $63.7 million project to resurface, repair and improve nearly 17 miles of I-476 from I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) in West Conshohocken Borough, Montgomery County, to I-95 in Ridley Township, Delaware County.
The pole installations are part of a $10.4 million project to install and integrate Variable Speed Limit (VSL) and Queue Warning (QW) systems to better manage congestion and improve traffic safety operations on approximately 14.5 miles of I-476 in Delaware and Montgomery counties.
For more information, visit the I-476 Variable Speed Limit project 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.
Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.pa.gov/DOTprojects. Subscribe to PennDOT news and find transportation results in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District6.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Brad Rudolph, bradrudolph@pa.gov
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