District 6 Accomplishments

I-95 CAP Project

Abutment and pier construction are the focus this fall under PennDOT's $328.9 million Interstate 95 Central Access Philadelphia (CAP) project at Penn's Landing in Center City Philadelphia.

The new pier in the middle of I-95 will be substantially completed before winter while abutment construction along both sides of the interstate and additional work to prepare these supports for cap beam placements will continue through mid-2025.

Foundation construction for the new South Street pedestrian bridge will continue through the end of the year on both sides of Columbus Boulevard. The new bridge will be assembled in 2025 in a vacated parking lot on Columbus Boulevard near South Street and will be set in place using a crane once completed.

The existing pedestrian bridge remains open during this work with only minor interruptions. Pedestrians and cyclists are also able to travel between Penn's Landing and Front Street using Dock and Market streets during construction.

Surface-level utility work by PECO and Comcast is expected to finish by winter. Installation of sewer facilities also are underway at Penn's Landing and Columbus Boulevard locations.

In addition to replacing the cap over I-95 between Chestnut and Walnut streets, the I-95 CAP project will improve pedestrian, bicycle, and multi-modal connections between Center City and the waterfront. The project, which is being financed with federal, local, and private funds, will add a new Park at Penn's Landing, and a new signature pedestrian bridge at South Street.

The new park will be an 11.5-acre civic space spanning I-95 and Columbus Boulevard between Chestnut and Walnut streets, extending from Front Street to the Delaware River. It will include gardens, play areas, flexible open space, and a mass-timber pavilion.

Additional project details, construction updates and other information will be available on www.95revive.com and www.ParkatPennsLanding.com.

Cost: $328.9 million

County: Philadelphia

Completion date: 2028-29

U.S. 1 Bucks County Widening & Improvement Project

PennDOT's $115.2 million project to widen and improve U.S. 1 in Bucks County is progressing towards a mid-2025 completion as new bridge construction wraps up at two locations in Bensalem and Middletown townships.

On the new U.S. 1 South structure over the Penndel/Business U.S. 1 Interchange, installation of sound wall panels along the southbound lanes approaching and on the new bridge will complete this twin structure to the adjacent northbound bridge that finished in 2023. Southbound traffic is expected to be shifted onto the new southbound bridge this fall.

U.S. 1 South traffic was shifted in September onto the new bridge over Rockhill Drive at the Neshaminy Exit, completing bridge replacement at the interchange. The on-ramp from westbound Rockhill Drive to U.S. 1 South also was reopened at the same time. Access to this ramp from eastbound Rockhill Drive and Horizon Boulevard will be opened in late 2024.

On Rockhill Drive under the new U.S. 1 bridges, work has shifted into the final stages of widening and reconstruction at the interchange. Crews began work to complete the middle section of the roadway, temporarily closing access to the new ramp to U.S. 1 North for motorists on westbound Rockhill Drive through December.

At the bridge over the Neshaminy Creek, deck steel has been set and deck construction is underway through the end of the year. Construction of the new southbound bridge over the creek was finished in mid-2023 and is now carrying four lanes of northbound and southbound traffic through the three-plus mile work area.

Between the three bridges, work continues through the end of the year on completing three northbound and southbound lanes on U.S. 1. A final paving “wearing course” will be placed along the entire project area next spring during the final stage of the project that began in 2021.

Section RC2 is part two of PennDOT's three-phase project to improve approximately five miles of U.S. 1 in Bucks County by reconstructing and widening the pavement, replacing several bridges, and improving several interchanges along a continuous section of highway in Bensalem and Middletown townships. RC2 construction is expected to be completed in mid-2025, approximately a year ahead of the original contract completion date.

PennDOT in 2014 completed $14.8 million in improvements at the U.S. 1/Maple Avenue Interchange in Middletown Township as part of their overall initiative to modernize and upgrade the U.S. 1 corridor in Bucks County.

A third project, Section RC3, will improve U.S. 1 from the Penndel/Business U.S. 1 Interchange north through the Route 413 overpass. The project remains in Final Design and is not yet scheduled for construction.

Cost: $115.2 million

County: Bucks

Completion date: Mid-2026

U.S. 422 Reconstruction & Improvement Project

The eastbound reconstruction of U.S. 422 began in late September, marking the beginning of Stage 2 of PennDOT's $84 million Section M1B project to reconstruct and improve 2.1 miles of the highway in Lower Pottsgrove township, Montgomery County.

Crews worked through the summer to excavate the existing median area and pave temporary travel lanes to shift eastbound traffic onto the median area. Westbound traffic continues to travel on the right lane and temporary shoulders that were constructed during Stage 1.

In addition to reconstructing the eastbound roadway, PennDOT's contractor has begun demolition and reconstruction of the eastbound sides of the bridges carrying U.S. 422 over Sanatoga Road and the Sanatoga Creek, and over Porter Road and Sprogels Run.

Stage 2 construction will continue until the fall 2025. Eastbound traffic will then shift onto the new pavement and shoulder and westbound traffic will shift onto the median area to allow for reconstruction of the westbound pavement and shoulder area.

Excavation also continues for the new, longer ramp to U.S.422 west from southbound Evergreen Road at the Sanatoga Interchange.

Installation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) components — electronic message signs, and traffic cameras — included in the project also is underway on roadways that feed traffic onto U.S. 422 and adjacent arterials at various locations. ITS work this spring finds crews working on Route 23 in Chester County in the Spring City, Phoenixville, and Valley Forge areas.

Motorists will encounter regular off-peak daytime and overnight lane closures during Stage 2 construction.

In addition to reconstructing the travel lanes and shoulders in both directions to enhance travel and safety, improvements under this contract include:

• Reconstructing the acceleration ramp at the Sanatoga Interchange to westbound U.S. 422
• Constructing sound barriers along sections of westbound U.S. 422
• Improving the stormwater drainage system and stormwater management facilities with two new detention basins
• Upgrading highway signs
• Installing Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) equipment and components along the U.S. 422 corridor and arterial roadways along the corridor

This construction contract is the seventh project in PennDOT's initiative to rebuild and improve the U.S. 422 bypass near Pottstown. Since 2012, PennDOT has completed five projects, valued at $263.4 million, to improve the U.S. 422 corridor in Montgomery and Chester counties.

A sixth project (Section MCP) — addressing maintenance issues between the Trooper Road and Sanatoga Road exits, was completed this fall.

Cost: $84 million

County: Montgomery

Completion date: Late 2028