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PennDOT will launch a pilot program Monday to display travel times on eight dynamic message signs in Chester County to provide real-time travel information to motorists driving on Routes 202, 30 and 100.
The signs will be posted on Route 202 between Route 401 and Matlack Street; Route 100 between Route 202 and Route 113; and on Route 30 between Route 202 and Route 322.
“Our plan is to eventually post travel times on all our message signs in the five-county region as we install the necessary equipment and software,” said PennDOT District Executive Lester C. Toaso.
They will help motorists make better decisions regarding their travel routes and help reduce driver anxiety during times of traffic congestion, he said.
BRIDGE INSPECTIONS
Bridge inspections are scheduled this week on I-95 in Philadelphia.
Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., the left lane will be closed on the northbound I-95 /Girard Point Bridge over the Schuylkill River.
Wednesday, 9 a.m.-noon, the left lane on I-95 North will be closed at Callowhill Street. The southbound left lane will be closed noon-3 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., the right lane on the northbound I-95/Girard Point Bridge over the Schuylkill River will be closed.
These inspections are part of its program to inspect all state bridges at least once every two years.
TURNPIKE WORK
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will restrict Route 202 between Jolly Road and Cherry Road in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, and Walton Road between Germantown Pike and Plymouth Township beginning Wednesday for bridge reconstruction.
The structures will be reduced to one lane in each direction through July 2010. The commission will reconstruct two bridges over the turnpike under a PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit.
Also, the commission reported that the Kriebel Road Bridge and the Bethel Road Bridge are scheduled to reopen to local traffic in time for Thanksgiving Day.
Local road detours have been in effect since January on these two bridges that cross over the turnpike’s Northeastern Extension.
TRAFFIC DELAYS
Chestnut Parkway – Nether Providence and Chester, PECO Energy utility maintenance with lane restrictions between Harvey Road and 24th Street, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 1. Work began Nov. 4.
Chester – Flower Street, ramp construction, closed/detoured between Second and Front streets, 24-hour closure through Dec. 5. Work began Nov. 5.
Aston – Convent Road, PECO Energy utility installation with lane restrictions between Concord and Aston Mills roads 9 a.m.-3 p.m. through Nov. 26. Work began Nov. 6.
Route 1 North/South – Chadds Ford and Concord, Aqua Pennsylvania utility installation with lane restrictions between Black Horse Lane and Route 352 (Middletown Road) 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 19. Work began Oct. 27.
Route 1 South – Middletown, Aqua Pennsylvania utility installation between Middletown Road and Elwyn Road 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 19. Work began Oct. 27.
Media Line Road – Marple and Newtown, Aqua Pennsylvania utility installation, closed/detoured between West Chester Pike (Route 3) and Gradyville Road 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 15. Work began Oct. 6.
Haverford – Darby Road closed/detoured between Route 320 and Marple Road, road widening/utility installation, weekdays and Saturdays 7 a.m.-7 p.m. through Dec. 30. Work began May 27.
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