King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that construction activities will occur at night next week to install Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) components on three interstates across the Philadelphia region.
Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:
- Sunday, September 15, through Wednesday, September 18, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, a lane closure will be in place on eastbound Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway) between Girard Avenue (Exit 342) and Spring Garden Street (Exit 343) in Philadelphia.
- Sunday, September 15, through Wednesday, September 18, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, alternating left and right lane closures will be in place at locations on southbound I-95 between Bristol (Exit 39) in Bucks County and Columbus Boulevard (Exit 20) in Philadelphia.
- Sunday, September 15, through Wednesday, September 18, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, alternating left and right lane closures will be in place at locations on northbound I-95 between Woodhaven Road (Exit 35) in Bucks County and Columbus Boulevard (Exit 20) in Philadelphia.
- Sunday, September 15, through Wednesday, September 18, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, a lane closure will be in place at locations on eastbound and westbound I-676 between I-95 and I-76 in Philadelphia.
- Sunday, September 15, through Wednesday, September 18, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, a lane closure will be in place at locations on westbound I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) between Grays Ferry Avenue (Exit 346) in Philadelphia and King of Prussia (Exit 329) in Montgomery County.
- Monday, September 16, through Thursday, September 19, from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, a lane closure will be in place on northbound I-95 between I-476 (Exit 7) and Ridley Park (Exit 8) in Delaware County.
Motorists are advised to allow extra time for travel through the work areas. The schedule is weather dependent.
The work is being done under a $24.1 million contract to install ITS components to assist PennDOT's Traffic Management Center in monitoring conditions on regional highways.
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 1,000 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.
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.
Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District6.
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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MEDIA CONTACT: Brad Rudolph, bradrudolph@pa.gov
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