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 Thursday, May 4, to 5:00 AM Friday, May 5, lane closures will be in place on the ramp from Aramingo Avenue to southbound I-95; and
- From 7:30 PM Friday, May 5, to 5:00 PM Sunday, May 7, 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
- Wednesday, May 10, through Monday, September 11, 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. The closure date was originally planned to begin on Monday, May 8.
Local access will be maintained for the closure. Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through or near all the work areas because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent and subject to change.
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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