Route 202 In East Whiteland Affected Overnight This Week: PennDOT

EAST WHITELAND TOWNSHIP, PA – Drivers on U.S. route 202 in East Whiteland and West Whiteland townships will see lane and ramp restrictions at night this week for construction related to bridge rehab at the U.S. 30 Interchange, PennDOT said.

From 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, through Thursday, Dec. 13, as well as from 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, northbound and southbound U.S. 202 will be reduced from two lanes-to-one between the U.S. 30/Exton Bypass and Boot Road interchanges.

Additionally, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Monday, Dec. 10, through Wednesday, Dec. 12, the ramp from the eastbound U.S. 30/Exton Bypass to northbound U.S. 202 will be closed.

U.S. 30/Exton Bypass motorists heading to northbound U.S. 202 will be directed to exit at Business U.S. 30, turn right onto Business U.S. 30 and right onto the ramp to northbound U.S. 202.

The lane and ramp closures will allow crews to place and adjust construction barriers and paint traffic lines on and approaching the southbound U.S. 202 bridge over Amtrak.

By 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, a single lane of southbound U.S. 202 traffic will shift onto the rebuilt inner half of the southbound bridge over Amtrak. Work to rehabilitate the outer half of the bridge will then begin the following Monday.

A second southbound lane will continue in the “express lane” traffic pattern that has been in place on the rehabilitated northbound bridge since the start of southbound construction last July. Two northbound lanes will remain on the northbound side through the work zone for the remainder of the project.

Motorists are advised that backups may occur at times approaching the work zone. All schedule activities are weather permitting.

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