King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that construction is scheduled at night next week on Interstate 95 for barrier placements to set a new traffic pattern under the $267.9 million Section BS2 project to reconstruct I-95 at the Bridge Street Interchange in Northeast Philadelphia.
Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:
- Monday, March 13, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, a left lane closure will be in place on southbound I-95 between the Betsy Ross Bridge and Bridge Street interchanges; and
- Tuesday, March 14, and Wednesday, March 15, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, a single lane closure will be in place on northbound I-95 between the Betsy Ross Bridge and Bridge Street interchanges.
In addition, the single lane closure previously scheduled for Friday March 10, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, on northbound and southbound I-95 between the Betsy Ross Bridge and Bridge Street interchanges has been canceled due to weather.
Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work area or use an alternate route because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
The travel restrictions will allow crews PennDOT's contractor to setup a new, temporary traffic pattern and establish a protected work area for construction of a crossover that will be in place during three-plus years of I-95 mainline reconstruction through the Bridge Street Interchange beginning this spring.
Three lanes of traffic will be maintained during peak hours in both directions on I-95 during BS2 construction. The existing northbound I-95 off-ramp to Bridge Street (Exit 27) will close permanently in early spring.
The Section BS2 contract includes significant improvements to the interchange and its ramps, plus replacement of the expansive I-95 viaduct over Bridge Street and Tacony Street in Bridesburg.
I-95 reconstruction currently underway in the median at the northern end of the Bridge Street Interchange, Section BS1, continues through early summer.
For more information on PennDOT's I-95 reconstruction program, visit www.95revive.com.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 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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