Philadelphia, PA -- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that pavement marking installation will close the ramp from Cottman Avenue to southbound Interstate 95 in Northeast Philadelphia next week. The new ramp was opened to traffic on Tuesday, July 2, substantially completing the third and final contract (Section CP3) to reconstruct the Cottman Avenue Interchange and widen I-95 to four continuous lanes between Rhawn and Levick streets.

Motorists are advised of the following travel restriction:

• Thursday, August 1, and Friday, August 2, from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, the ramp from Cottman Avenue to southbound I-95 will be closed and detoured. Motorists will be directed to follow the posted detour route to access I-95 South.
  

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling near the work area or along the detour route because significant backups and delays will occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.

Section CP3 construction was performed under a $52.7 million contract which began in mid-2022. In addition to building the new Cottman Avenue on-ramp, PennDOT's contractor improved several surface streets serving the Cottman Avenue Interchange and rerouted an 84-inch sewer main for construction of the new ramp. Reconstruction of Wissinoming Street between Cottman and Princeton avenues, also part of the CP3 contract, will be completed later this summer.

C. Abbonizio Contractors, of Sewell NJ, is the general contractor on Section CP3, a contract that was financed with 90 percent federal and 10 percent state funding.

For more information on PennDOT's I-95 reconstruction program, visit www.95revive.com.

 
Motorists can check conditions on major roadways 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. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.

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.

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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.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Brad Rudolph, bradrudolph@pa.gov
 

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