Overnight lane closures will be in place on the Montgomery County section of the Blue Route (I-476) this week for crossover and shoulder construction to prepare the highway for reconstruction next year, PennDOT said.
I-476 South will be reduced from three lanes to two from south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Mid-County Interchange (Exit 20) to south of the I-76 Interchange (Exit 15) Monday-Thursday, 10 p.m.-5 a.m.
I-476 North will be reduced from three lanes to two from the I-76 Interchange (Exit 16) to the north side of the Blue Route's Schuylkill River bridge Monday-Thursday, 10 p.m.-5 a.m.
I-476 North will be reduced from three lanes to two from approaching the Ridge Pike Interchange (Exit 18) to the approach to the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Mid-County Interchange (Exit 20) Monday-Thursday 10-11 p.m. Northbound traffic will then be reduced from three lanes to only one lane each night 11 p.m.-5 a.m.
Motorists using I-476 should remain alert for slowdowns and expect delays approaching the construction areas - especially when the two-lane closure is in place on I-476 North.
The work is dependent on the weather.
Barry Bridge Restrictions
Traffic restrictions are scheduled this week on the Commodore Barry Bridge and the I-95 ramps to the bridge in Chester, including the Ninth Street ramp to the bridge, for bridge reconstruction.
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., the westbound right lane will be closed on the bridge for bridge deck reconstruction.
Crews are building a new ramp off the approach to the bridge to enable I-95 motorists to exit onto Route 291 (Second Street). A second ramp is being built off the bridge which will allow Route 291 drivers to reach I-95.
I-95 - Delaware County
Lane restrictions are scheduled on I-95 North/South at Route 420 (Wanamaker Avenue) in Tinicum 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays for conduit installation.
Also, Tuesday-Wednesday, 9 p.m.-5 a.m., one lane will be closed on I-95 South between the Blue Route (I-476) and the Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester for barrier installation.
I-95 -- Philadelphia
Lane restrictions are scheduled on I-95 in Philadelphia for a series of bridge inspections this week.
Tuesday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., the right lane will be closed on I-95 South between Frankford Avenue and I-676 (Vine Expressway), PennDOT reports.
Wednesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., the left lane will be closed on I-95 South between Broad Street and Enterprise Avenue.
Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., the left lane will be closed on I-95 South between Broad Street and Enterprise Avenue.
Also, overnight lane closures will occur this week on I-95 between the Broad Street Interchange and the Girard Point Bridge for line painting, implementing a traffic pattern change and installing a painting platform, PennDOT said.
Northbound I-95 traffic will be reduced from three lanes to two from 8 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday, and southbound I-95 traffic will be reduced from three lanes to two from 8 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Then on Wednesday-Friday, 8 p.m.-5 a.m., the next morning, northbound I-95 will be reduced from three lanes to two on the Girard Point Bridge.
Backups are expected to occur.
South Street Bridge Work
Overnight lane closures and intermittent traffic stoppages are scheduled this week on I-76 East (Schuylkill Expressway) at the South Street Interchange in Philadelphia for construction of the new South Street Bridge by the City of Philadelphia, PennDOT reported.
Eastbound I-76 will be reduced from two lanes to one at the South Street Interchange Tuesday-Friday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
In addition, intermittent 15-minute traffic stoppages will occur on I-76 East each morning 12:01-5 a.m. Wednesday-Saturday. Backups will occur during the late night and early morning work hours.
Sidewalk Restrictions - Philadelphia
Sidewalk and parking lane restrictions will be in effect this week on the Market Street and Chestnut Street bridges over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia for inspections of both structures, PennDOT said. The restrictions will be in place 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
New I-76 Ramps
Construction will begin Tuesday on a $10.5 million project to construct new ramps to connect westbound I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) with Henderson Road and South Gulph Road in Upper Merion, Montgomery County.
Starting Tuesday, two lanes of South Gulph Road will be shifted to the northbound side of the roadway while crews install temporary barriers 10 p.m.-5 a.m. Once the barriers are installed, the traffic pattern will remain in effect for the remainder of the job.
Traffic Delays
U.S. Route 322 East (Conchester Highway) - Bethel and Upper Chichester, Chester Water Authority installation, lane restrictions between Creek Parkway and U.S. Route 1, 7 p.m.-6 a.m. weekdays through Dec. 11.
Baltimore Pike (Route 1) - Middletown and Chester Heights, bridge replacement between Darlington Road and Station Road, 24-hour restrictions through June 2011. Work began Oct. 12. Cost is $4.27 million; contractor is J.D. Eckman Inc.
Baltimore Pike (Route 1) - Middletown, Aqua Pa. utility installation between Black Horse Lane and Valley Road 8 p.m.-6 a.m. weekdays through Nov. 30.
Baltimore Avenue - Lansdowne, East Lansdowne, Upper Darby, Aqua Pennsylvania utility installation, closed/detoured between Church Lane and Lansdowne Avenue, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., detour posted weekdays through Nov. 30.
Chester - Flower Street, ramp construction with a new traffic pattern at Fourth and Second streets, 24-hour restriction through 2011. Work began Jan. 12.
Also, Norris Street, ramp construction with lane restrictions at Front Street and Delaware Avenue, 24-hour restriction through 2011. Work began Jan. 12.
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Road Watch Col. For 11-22,
AAA estimates that 38.4 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend – a 1.4 percent increase over last year.
About 33.2 million of holiday travelers plan to go by car – an increase of 2.1 percent.
The number of air travelers is expected to be 2.3 million – a decline of 6.7 percent.
The number of those traveling by other means, including trains, buses and multiple modes of transportation is expected to be 2.9 million – an increase of 1.2 percent.
“Although far too many Americans remain unemployed or under financial stress, AAA’s projected increase in Thanksgiving travel is another hopeful sign that economic conditions are stabilizing and improving in some areas,” said AAA Mid-Atlantic spokeswoman Ela Voluck.
Last year, Thanksgiving travel dropped a whopping 25 percent in the wake of the ongoing housing and financial crisis. This year’s expected increase in travel reflects improvied consumer confidence from one year ago, better financial market performance and a growing sense among many consumers that the worst of the global economic crisis is behind us.
This year’s decrease in air travel continues a decade-long trend in which air travel as a percentage of total Thanksgiving travel has declined substantially.
Since 2000, the number of Americans traveling by air during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend has dropped an astounding 62 percent.
While much of this decrease can be attributed to ongoing economic difficulties, the air travel experience itself has undergone a substantial change since the 1990s with stricter airport security, more frequent delays, reduced capacity, added surcharges and fees, all attributing to the decline.
Despite increases in gasoline prices the past month, most people will not change their decision to fly versus drive since seat availability becomes more limited and airline ticket prices increase as the holiday approaches. Gas prices are about 10-20 cents higher than a month ago.
The lowest average published airfares are expected to decrease four percent, to an average of $170 per round-trip ticket. This decrease is comparing airfares during just the week of Thanksgiving. Airfares as a whole have risen steadily since August.
Thanksgiving travelers will journey an average of 815 miles round-trip. More than one-third, 37 percent, of travelers will travel 250 miles or less round-trip.
About a quarter of weekend travelers will log between 251 and 700 miles.
More than 38 percent will travel more than 700 miles round-trip.
Thanksgiving travelers are expected to spend about $718 per household, with 32 percent for transportation, 21 percent for accommodations and 21 percent on food and beverages.
WORST HOLIDAY FOR CRASHES
The Thanksgiving holiday period resulted in the most crashes of any holiday last year, PennDOT said. There were more than 5,300 crashes and 53 fatalities during that span, which includes the weekends before and after the holiday.
With millions of motorists planning to travel for Thanksgiving, PennDOT kicked off its Operation Safe Holiday campaign. State police and hundreds of municipal police departments will work with PennDOT to increase traffic safety enforcement from now until the New Year’s holiday weekend.
The operation will include sobriety checkpoints, roving patrols and regular traffic safety patrols to focus on impaired, aggressive and unbuckled motorists. More than 250 drivers were cited for driving under the influence during the operation’s enforcement last year.
“This weekend is the start of one of the busiest times of year on our highways,” said PennDOT Secretary Allen Biehler.
PennDOT reminds drivers to make sure they are well rested and alert, or rotate drivers and take frequent breaks. Weather and road conditions can deteriorate quickly at this time of year as winter approaches.
DRIVER LICENSE CENTERS CLOSED
All Pennsylvania driver license and photo centers will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday, PennDOT said. Customers may still obtain driver and vehicle products and services online at its Web site, www.dmv.state.pa.us.
BUMPS & THUMPS
It’s bad enough many suburbanites – and those inside the city, too – are discouraged from shopping in Center City Philadelphia because of the parking meter situation and a higher sales tax -- and now City Council wants to have mandatory bicycle registration.
The suggestion that really blows my mind is they want to impose this on teens, too – some of whom can’t even afford a new bike, alone a license. It shouldn’t have taken the recent deaths of two pedestrians by two wheelers to spark this council action.
Police should have been cracking down on reckless speeding cyclists way before this. Increasing fines for this behavior is a good idea.
Let’s face it, many irresponsible cyclists make it bad for the law-abiding cycling majority by routinely racing through stop signs and red lights in the city to the consternation of motorists who harbor animosity against bicyclists in general because of this behavior.
Sounds like another quick-fix revenue producer to me that just penalizes the bike-riding public that’s helping eliminate air pollution and promoting physical fitness.
BLUE ROUTE WORK
Motorists using I-476 between the I-76 and Pennsylvania Turnpike interchanges in Montgomery County will encounter nighttime lane closures 10 p.m.-5 a.m. tonight through Tuesday night for continuing work to prepare 3.2 miles of the Blue Route for reconstruction next year.
I-95 – PHILADELPHIA
Overnight lane closures will be in place on I-95 between the Broad Street Interchange and the Girard Point Bridge Monday and Tuesday 8 p.m.-5 a.m. for line painting and implementing a new traffic pattern change. Backups are expected.
TRAFFIC DELAYS
I-476 North – Springfield, bridge inspection, left lane closed between MacDade Boulevard and Baltimore Pike 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday.
Also, I-476 South, Springfield, bridge inspection, left lane closed between the same locations 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday.
I-95 North/South – Upper Chichester and Lower Chichester, trenching and shoulder closures between Naamans Creek Road (Route 491) and Chichester Avenue 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Tuesday.
Haverford – West Chester Pike (Route 3), PECO installation with lane restrictions between Eagle Road and Washington Avenue 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays.
U.S. Route 322 East (Conchester Highway) – Bethel and Upper Chichester, Chester Water Authority installation, lane restrictions between Creek Parkway and U.S. Route 1, 7 p.m.-6 a.m. weekdays through Dec. 11.
Baltimore Pike (Route 1) – Middletown and Chester Heights, bridge replacement between Darlington Road and Station Road, 24-hour restrictions through June 2011. Work began Oct. 12. Cost is $4.27 million; contractor is J.D. Eckman Inc.
Upper Chichester -- Naamans Creek Road (Route 491), utility installation by the Southern Delaware County Sewer Authority, closed/detoured between Meetinghouse and Larkin roads, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. through Nov. 24. Work began Sept. 28. Detour posted.
Baltimore Pike (Route 1) – Middletown, Aqua Pa. utility installation between Black Horse Lane and Valley Road 8 p.m.-6 a.m. weekdays through Nov. 30.
Baltimore Avenue – Lansdowne, East Lansdowne, Upper Darby, Aqua Pennsylvania utility installation, closed/detoured between Church Lane and Lansdowne Avenue, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., detour posted weekdays through Nov. 30.
Chester — Flower Street, ramp construction with a new traffic pattern at Fourth and Second streets, 24-hour restriction through 2011. Work began Jan. 12.
Also, Norris Street, ramp construction with lane restrictions at Front Street and Delaware Avenue, 24-hour restriction through 2011. Work began Jan. 12.
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For Nov. 15----Road Watch
Single-vehicle crashes were the cause of nearly 60 percent of traffic deaths on Pennsylvania roads in 2008, a recent analysis of federal data by AAA Mid-Atlantic shows.
That’s a 1 percent increase over the previous year. However, overall fatalities decreased by 1.5 percent in 2008.
In 2008, 845 of the 1,468 road deaths in the state were as a result of a single-vehicle crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported. The 2008 data shows the percentage of single-vehicle crashes in the state is the same as it was in 2006.
“A high percentage of traffic deaths from single-vehicle crashes in Pennsylvania is troubling,” says AAA Mid-Atlantic spokeswoman Catherine Rossi. “While the circumstances of each crash are different, we know drivers’ actions play a significant role.”
Drivers can lower their risk of a crash by avoiding distractions, not speeding and paying attention to road conditions, she said.
Most drivers consider single-vehicle crashes “freak accidents,” but in fact such crashes involved numerous contributing factors that motorists can control.
Distracted driving is chief among them. It increases the risks of single-vehicle and rear-end crashes, research shows.
Federal government studies show that 80 percent of crashes involve some form of driver inattention.
Pennsylvania’s percentage of single-vehicle crashes is six points higher than the most recent national average for single-vehicle crash road deaths, which was nearly 52 percent in 2007.
Pennsylvania’s single-vehicle crash deaths as a percentage of the total vehicle fatalities was as follows: 2008, 58 percent; 2007, 57 percent; 2006, 58 percent; 2005, 55 percent; 2004, 54 percent.
In Delaware last year, single-vehicle crash deaths accounted for 56 percent, 68 out of 121.
In New Jersey last year, these deaths accounted for 63 percent, 371 of 590.
Buckle Up
Nearly 88 percent of motorists on state roads are making the often life-saving decision to obey the law and buckle up, PennDOT said.
The 2009 seat belt use rate for Pennsylvania reached a record of 87.9 percent, an increase from the previous high of 86.7 percent reported in 2007.
Stronger traffic safety enforcement is one contributing factor to the rising seat belt usage rate.
About 450 municipal police departments and state police participate in national and statewide Click It or Ticket campaigns. More than 10,000 seat belt citations were issued by these departments in the last year.
PennDOT invested nearly $2.5 million of federal funding for this enforcement.
Another possible reason for the improvement is broader seat belt education aimed at students in kindergarten through grade 12. Law enforcement officers presented more than 850 programs reaching 47,000 students.
In conjunction with the programs, police increased the number of patrols around schools to encourage young drivers and their passengers to buckle up.
PennDOT reminds motorists that under state law, all front-seat passengers are required to buckle up. Failure to comply with the seat belt law can result in a penalty of $60, including the fine and other costs.
Children aged 4 to 8 must be restrained in an appropriate booster seat when riding anywhere in a motor vehicle. Also, children aged 8 to 18 must be in a seat belt when riding anywhere in the vehicle. Both of these laws are secondary – which means that drivers can be ticketed only when cited for another traffic violation such as speeding.
The state’s primary child passenger safety law requires children under the age of four to be properly restrained in an approved child safety seat anywhere in the vehicle. The fine for non-use of child safety and booster seats is a maximum of $100 in addition to other costs.
Hog Island Road Lighting
PECO Energy Co. has completed the first phase of a multi-year project to replace one-quarter of the street lights along Hog Island Road in Tinicum. The loop located east of Route 291 serves Philadelphia International Airport, the U.S. Postal Service Center, the Army National Guard post and several industrial customers.
About 20 street lights are being replaced each year.
Groundwater and moisture has caused damage to underground electric lines in the area and above-ground electric lines were not desirable in the area due to air traffic. The Hog Island area is made up mostly of marshes and meadows.
PECO recently completed about one mile of the underground work, using a combination of its electric and gas crews for the job. Another stretch will be replaced next year.
PECO and local officials discussed the project in recent months with particular concern for public safety, especially with local traffic. PECO said the conditions of the local area altered its typical engineering approach to the facility upgrades.
The new underground conduit will ensure electric lines are not affected by the constant exposure to moisture. Underground facilities tend to be less vulnerable to most weather conditions, such as wind and lightning, and other factors, including vehicle accidents.
However, when outages occur, it tends to take longer to identify and repair problems and is much more costly, PECO said.
Traffic Delays
Upland – Brookhaven Road, ADA ramp construction with lane restrictions between Trimble Boulevard and Bridgewater Road 7 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.
Tinicum and Chester – Fourth Avenue, ADA ramp construction between Second Street and Governor Printz Boulevard 7 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.
Also, Second Street, ADA ramp construction at Madison Street in Chester, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.
Chester – Kerlin Street, ADA ramp construction between 10th and 14th streets, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.
Baltimore Pike (Route 1) – Middletown and Chester Heights, bridge replacement between Darlington Road and Station Road, 24-hour restrictions through June 2011. Work began Oct. 12. Cost is $4.27 million; contractor is J.D. Eckman Inc.
Upper Chichester -- Naamans Creek Road (Route 491), utility installation by the Southern Delaware County Sewer Authority, closed/detoured between Meetinghouse and Larkin roads, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. through Nov. 24. Work began Sept. 28. Detour posted.
Naamans Creek Road – Chadds Ford, utility installation between U.S. Route 202 and I-95, 9 a.m.-3 p.m weekdays through Nov. 13. Work began Oct. 12.
Baltimore Pike (Route 1) – Middletown, Aqua Pa. utility installation between Black Horse Lane and Valley Road 8 p.m.-6 a.m. weekdays through Nov. 30.
Baltimore Avenue – Lansdowne, East Lansdowne, Upper Darby, Aqua Pennsylvania utility installation, closed/detoured between Church Lane and Lansdowne Avenue, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., detour posted weekdays through Nov. 30.
Chester — Flower Street, ramp construction with a new traffic pattern at Fourth and Second streets, 24-hour restriction through 2011. Work began Jan. 12.
Also, Norris Street, ramp construction with lane restrictions at Front Street and Delaware Avenue, 24-hour restriction through 2011. Work began Jan. 12.
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For Nov. 1 --Road Watch Col.
Motorists traveling on the Blue Route (I-476) in Montgomery County will encounter nighttime lane restrictions this week starting tonight for continuing construction to prepare 3.2 miles of the highway for reconstruction next year, PennDOT said.
Northbound and southbound lane closures on I-476 will be in place tonight through Thursday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. from just south of the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), Exit 16 Interchange, in West Conshohocken to the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Mid-County Interchange in Plymouth Township.
Tonight through Thursday, the left lane will be closed on I-476 North/South.
Tonight through Thursday, the two left lanes on I-476 North will be closed 11 p.m.-5 a.m.
PennDOT said the lane closures will be in place to allow crews to rebuild the highway’s shoulders and construct cross-over lanes in the grass median in preparation for implementing a traffic pattern shift early next year when reconstruction of the southbound side of I-476 begins.
The work is the initial stage of a $71.7 million project to replace the Blue Route’s deteriorated concrete pavement, rehabilitate six dual mainline bridges and one overhead structure, rebuild and widen the highway’s shoulders, improve storm water drainage, remediate an area prone to sinkholes and install 17 new sign structures.
Crews will work through late 2011 to rebuild this portion of I-476 that was built in the 1970s.
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight Saving Time in most of the United States ends at 2 a.m., local time, today, the first day of November so make sure you set your clocks back one hour. With the darkness falling on local roadways much earlier, it’s important that motorists adjust their driving accordingly, especially with the glare of the setting sun and the need to be aware of pedestrians, especially children, crossing hazardous intersections.
Contrary to popular belief, no federal rule mandates that U.S. states or territories observe daylight saving time, according to National Geographic.
Most U.S. residents set their clocks one hour forward in spring and one hour back in fall. But people in Hawaii and most of Arizon along with the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands—will do nothing. Those locales never deviate from standard time within their particular time zones.
The federal law first passed in 1918 and, thanks to a 2005 revision that went into practice in 2007, now stipulates areas that observe daylight saving time must switch back to standard time at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November.
The new Daylight Saving Time rule requires that regions that observe daylight saving time begin at the same time on the second Sunday in March.
Brookhaven Signals
Construction will begin Monday on a $203,158 municipal project to improve traffic signals in Brookhaven. The work will be done 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays.
The project is financed with federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
BULLET Monday – lane restrictions are scheduled at the intersection of Bridgewater and West Brookhaven roads.
BULLET Tuesday – lane restrictions are scheduled at the intersection of Edgmont Avenue (Route 352) and Duttons Mill Road.
BULLET Wednesday –lane restrictions are scheduled at the intersection of Route 352 and Coebourn Boulevard.
BULLET Thursday – lane restrictions are scheduled at the intersection of Route 352 and Brookhaven Road.
BULLET Friday – lane restrictions are scheduled at the intersection of Route 352 and Trimble Boulevard.
Crews will improve traffic signals and pedestrian signals and signs in the borough.
Under the borough-designed project, workers will replace incandescent bulbs with light-emitting diode (LED) modules to enhance the visibility of the signals, plus provide a longer service life and use less energy than the incandescent bulbs.
New pedestrian countdown timers and push button controls will also be installed to enhance pedestrian safety.
The borough funded the engineering design phase of the improvement project.
Hog Island Road Lighting
PECO Energy Co. has completed the first phase of a multi-year project to replace one-quarter of the street lights along Hog Island Road in Tinicum. The loop located east of Route 291 serves Philadelphia International Airport, the U.S. Postal Service Center, the Army National Guard post and several industrial customers.
About 20 street lights are being replaced each year.
Groundwater and moisture has caused damage to underground electric lines in the area and above-ground electric lines were not desirable in the area due to air traffic. The Hog Island area is made up mostly of marshes and meadows.
PECO recently completed about one mile of the underground work, using a combination of its electric and gas crews for the job. Another stretch will be replaced next year.
PECO and local officials discussed the project in recent months with particular concern for public safety, especially with local traffic. PECO said the conditions of the local area altered its typical engineering approach to the facility upgrades.
The new underground conduit will ensure electric lines are not affected by the constant exposure to moisture. Underground facilities tend to be less vulnerable to most weather conditions, such as wind and lightning, and other factors, including vehicle accidents.
However, when outages occur, it tends to take longer to identify and repair problems and is much more costly, PECO said.
Route 202 North Bridge
Gov. Ed Rendell Saturday morning joined local officials in opening the new $8.4 million DeKalb Street (Route 202 North) Bridge in Bridgeport Borough, Montgomery County, which spans the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks.
Traffic Delays
Upland – Brookhaven Road, ADA ramp construction with lane restrictions between Trimble Boulevard and Bridgewater Road 7 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.
Tinicum and Chester – Fourth Avenue, ADA ramp construction between Second Street and Governor Printz Boulevard 7 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.
Also, Second Street, ADA ramp construction at Madison Street in Chester, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.
Chester – Kerlin Street, ADA ramp construction between 10th and 14th streets, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.
Middletown – U.S. Route 1 South, overhead line work between Elwyn Road and Valleybrook Road 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through Friday.
Also, Lungren Road, SEPTA utility installation between Lenni Road and Parkmount Road 7 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays through Friday.
Norwood – Chester Pike, PECO Energy installation between Ridley and Garfield avenues 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through Wednesday.
Baltimore Pike (Route 1) – Middletown and Chester Heights, bridge replacement between Darlington Road and Station Road, 24-hour restrictions through June 2011. Work began Oct. 12. Cost is $4.27 million; contractor is J.D. Eckman Inc.
Upper Chichester -- Naamans Creek Road (Route 491), utility installation by the Southern Delaware County Sewer Authority, closed/detoured between Meetinghouse and Larkin roads, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. through Nov. 24. Work began Sept. 28. Detour posted.
Naamans Creek Road – Chadds Ford, utility installation between U.S. Route 202 and I-95, 9 a.m.-3 p.m weekdays through Nov. 13. Work began Oct. 12.
Baltimore Pike (Route 1) – Middletown, Aqua Pa. utility installation between Black Horse Lane and Valley Road 8 p.m.-6 a.m. weekdays through Nov. 30.
Baltimore Avenue – Lansdowne, East Lansdowne, Upper Darby, Aqua Pennsylvania utility installation, closed/detoured between Church Lane and Lansdowne Avenue, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., detour posted weekdays through Nov. 30.
Chester — Flower Street, ramp construction with a new traffic pattern at Fourth and Second streets, 24-hour restriction through 2011. Work began Jan. 12.
Also, Norris Street, ramp construction with lane restrictions at Front Street and Delaware Avenue, 24-hour restriction through 2011. Work began Jan. 12.
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