King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that delineator and sign installations will begin next week on U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike) under a project to install safety enhancements to improve travel and reduce high-speed crashes across the five-county Philadelphia region.
Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:
Montgomery County
- Monday, April 17, through Monday, May 1, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, periodic lane closures are scheduled on Greenwood Avenue at the intersection with Route 73 (Church Road) in Cheltenham Township.
Philadelphia County
- Monday, April 17, through Friday, April 21, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, periodic lane closures are scheduled on Cobbs Creek Parkway between 61st Street and Ellsworth Street.
Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work areas because backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
Kuharchik Construction, Inc. of Exeter, is the general contractor on this $7,561,020 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.
Subscribe to PennDOT District 6 news and traffic alerts at www.penndot.pa.gov/District6.
Contact: Krys Johnson, krysjohnso@pa.gov
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