Overnight Closures Scheduled On I-676 In Philadelphia Next Week

Interstate 676 will be shut down in both directions between Broad Street and Interstate 676 next Monday and Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Thursday.

The shut down will last overnight from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. for overhead bridge construction. It's part of a four year, $64.8 million bridge improvement initiative in the city.

Crews will work overnight to remove part of the deck and beams from the Benjamin Franklin Parkway/20th Street bridge over I-676. The contractor’s work schedule is weather dependent, and thus closure times could be shifted.

The following detours will be in place, according to PennDOT:

• 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; and
• 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.
• From 16th Street north of J.F.K Boulevard to I-76 West: Follow 16th Street north; left onto local Vine Street; right on Benjamin Franklin Parkway and follow around Eakins Oval and onto Spring Garden Street to the ramp to I-76 west.

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