PennDOT: Bridge Deck Repair to Close Eastbound Schuylkill Expressway This Weekend in Grays Ferry

PennDOT announced repairs will close eastbound Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway) this weekend in the Grays Ferry section of Philadelphia for bridge deck work

Motorists are advised of the following travel restriction:

• From 9 p.m. Friday, October 11, to 7 a.m. Sunday, October 13, eastbound I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) will be closed from just after the ramp to Grays Ferry Avenue/University Avenue (Exit 346B) to just before the 34^th Street on-ramp.

During the closure of I-76 East (Schuylkill Expressway), the regional detour route will use I-676 East (Vine Street Expressway) to I-95 South; or I-476 South to I-95 North.

Local traffic will be directed to exit at Grays Ferry Avenue/University Avenue (Exit 346B) and use the University Avenue Bridge/34^th Street to access the ramp to I-76 East (Schuylkill Expressway). All ramps to-and-from I-76 East (Schuylkill Expressway) will remain open to traffic during the weekend closure.

Motorists are advised to avoid the closure area if possible during the weekend closure because significant backups will occur on I-76 East (Schuylkill Expressway) approaching the work area, and on surface streets in the vicinity of the work area and detour routes.

Electronic message boards on I-76 and other regional transportation arteries will be utilized to alert motorists about the closure and provide specific alternate routes.  This weekend closure is being coordinated with the City of Philadelphia, the Sports Complex, SEPTA, and other stakeholders and transportation agencies across the region.

The weekend closure will allow PennDOT’s contractors to repair sections of deteriorated concrete deck and resurface the structure that carries I-76 East (Schuylkill Expressway) over the Schuylkill River and CSX rail tracks, and the adjacent land structure that carries I-76 East over Grays Ferry Avenue, Wharton Street and Reed Street.