I-676 To Be Shut Down, Detoured Overnight During Construction

Interstate 676 will be closed and detoured in both directions between the Interstate 76 and Broad Street interchanges in Philadelphia beginning Monday for overhead bridge construction, PennDOT announced.

The closure will be ineffect from June 27 through that Thursday, June 30, from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. each day.

The work is part of the four-year, $64.8 million project to replace seven structurally deficient bridges over I-676 between 22nd Street and 18th Street, and to make landscaping and streetscape improvements above the expressway, PennDOT said.

Related construction began in April 2015, and officials expect it to finish in fall 2019.

Crews will work overnight to set beams and continue demolition work on the 19th Street bridge over I-676, and to replace barriers along I-676.

When I-676 east is closed, PennDOT said that the following detours will be in place:

• From I-76 east: Exit at 30th Street/Market Street (Exit 345); right at Arch Street; left at 30th Street; left at Market Street; left at 16th Street; right at Vine Street to the ramp to I-676 east
• From I-76 west: Exit at 30th Street (Exit 345); take Schuylkill Avenue to Market Street; right at Market Street; left at 16th Street; right at Vine Street to the ramp to I-676 east
• Traveling east on Benjamin Franklin Parkway intending to use the 24th Street on-ramp: Follow Benjamin Franklin Parkway around Logan Circle and bear right onto Vine Street east; follow Vine Street to the ramp to I-676 east.

When I-676 west is closed, the following detours will be in place for passenger cars and trucks to follow:

• To I-76 East and West: Exit I-676 west at Broad Street (Route 611) Interchange; take 15th Street south; right on J.F.K. Boulevard; right on Schuylkill Avenue and follow signs to I-76 east and I-76 west
• From 16th Street north of J.F.K. Boulevard: Follow 16th Street north; right at Spring Garden Street; right at 15th Street; right at J.F.K. Boulevard; right on Schuylkill Avenue to ramps to I-76 east and I-76 west
• From 16th Street south of J.F.K. Boulevard: Follow 16th Street north; left at J.F.K. Boulevard; right on Schuylkill Avenue to ramps to I-76 east and I-76 west.

The bridges above I-676 at the former Family Court building, Free Library, 19th Street, and Benjamin Franklin Parkway/20th Street are the first of seven structures to be rebuilt under this project, according to officials.

PennDOT hopes the work will eventually minimize traffic.

Buckley & Company, Inc. of Philadelphia is the general contractor on the $64,836,180 project, which is fully funded by the federal government.