I-95 South Closing This Weekend For Demolition Work: PennDOT

PHILADELPHIA — Interstate 95 south will be closed and detoured for a large portion of the weekend due to demolition work related to the $329 million CAP project to replace and expand the covered area over I-95 in Penn’s Landing.

The highway will be closed Saturday evening, February 24, to Monday morning, February 26, between I-676/Callowhill Street (Exit 22) and the Morris Street on-ramp in Philadelphia.

Below are travel restrictions for Interstate 95 south this weekend, weather permitting:

• From 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, a single lane closure will be in place on I-95 South between I-676/Callowhill Street (Exit 22) and Walnut Street.
• From 6 a.m Saturday, Feb. 24, to 5 a.m Monday, Feb. 26, a left lane closure will be in place on I-95 North between Walnut Street and Chestnut Street.
• From 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, to 5 a.m Monday, Feb. 26, the ramp from I-676 East to I-95 South (Chester/Philadelphia Int’l Airport) will be closed. Drivers will be directed to exit at the Ben Franklin Bridge and use 6th Street, Race Street and southbound Columbus Boulevard to access the on-ramp to I-95 South at Morris Street. Trucks will be directed to continue south on Columbus Boulevard and use Oregon Avenue and Front Street to access the on-ramp to I-95 South.
• From 5 p.m. Saturday, February 24, to 5 a.m Monday, February 26, I-95 South will be closed between I-676/Callowhill Street (Exit 22) and the Morris Street on-ramp. Drivers will be directed to follow the posted alternate routes that include using the Girard Avenue Interchange (Exit 23) or Callowhill Street (Exit 22) to access southbound Columbus Boulevard and the on-ramp to I-95 South at Morris Street. Trucks will use the Front Street on-ramp to I-95 South.
• From 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, to 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 26, the ramp from I-95 South to Columbus Boulevard/Washington Avenue (Exit 22) will be closed.

The Market Street ramp to I-95 South, which is closed now, will remain closed through Monday, March 11. Drivers will be directed to follow the posted detour signs to southbound Columbus Boulevard and access I-95 South at Morris Street. Trucks will use the Front Street on-ramp to I-95 South.

Drivers are advised to avoid the closure areas this weekend because significant backups and delays will occur on I-95, the alternate routes and several surface streets in the vicinity of the work area.

Several regional detours will be in place that will advise motorists to use I-76, I-276, I-476, U.S. 1, Route 309, the New Jersey Turnpike, I-295 and U.S. 130 to access I-95 South below the closure area.

Electronic message boards on I-76, I-276, I-476, and other regional transportation arteries in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey are being used to alert motorists about the closure and provide information about alternate routes.