PennDOT To Close I-76 East Ramp To Spring Garden Street For Concrete Repair
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Friday announced that the Interstate 76 east off-ramp to Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia will be closed and detoured beginning Monday, August 3 through Wednesday, August 12, for concrete deck improvements.
PennDOT says during the ramp closure, motorists traveling east on I-76 and wanting to access westbound Spring Garden Street will exit at 30th Street and then follow Market Street to 33rd Street to reach Spring Garden Street. I-76 East drivers wanting to travel east on Spring Garden Street will will exit at 30th Street, and then take Market Street to 22nd Street to Spring Garden Street, according to PennDOT.
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The ramp improvement is part of PennDOT's $6.6 million project to rehabilitate the adjoining bridges carrying Spring Garden Street over I-76, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Schuylkill River and the Schuylkill River Trail. PennDOT says the project is financed by Pennsylvania's new transportation plan, Act 89.
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PennDOT says crews are improving the two deteriorating bridges on Spring Garden Street, one of which is structurally deficient, by replacing expansion joints, bridge bearings and pier caps; resurfacing the deck; improving drainage; painting structural steel; and replacing curb ramps. The plan also includes new pavement markings and signing for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Construction is scheduled to finish in mid-September.
For more PennDOT information, visit www.dot.state.pa.us.
