ROUTE 1 SOUTHBOUND RAMP WORK TO SHIFT NEXT WEEK AT PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE INTERCHANGE IN MORRISVILLE
October 3, 2008
ROUTE 1 SOUTHBOUND RAMP WORK TO SHIFT NEXT WEEK AT PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE INTERCHANGE IN MORRISVILLE
Contact: Joe Donnelly or Pete PetersonMORRISVILLE, PA - Newly constructed exit and entry ramps at the Route 1 South/Pennsylvania Avenue interchange in Morrisville are scheduled to open to traffic on Wednesday, October 8, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today.
Upon opening of the new ramps, the existing set of entry and exit ramps in the southwest quadrant at that location will be closed to motorists. Access to and from Route 1 northbound at S. Pennsylvania Avenue will be unaffected as these ramp changes take place.
Once the ramp shifts are put in place, all traffic on S. Pennsylvania Avenue seeking entry onto Route 1 southbound will need to utilize the new ramp in the northwest quadrant of the busy interchange. A temporary traffic signal installed earlier this year at the location will be adjusted to aid motorists entering and exiting Route 1 South at S. Pennsylvania Avenue.
The scheduled ramp changes are subject to change due to weather or other unanticipated construction, emergency or traffic-related considerations.
The ramp changes at the busy interchange mark the latest element of progress on the $102 million Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge rehabilitation and widening project.
Project elements include:
? Rehabilitating themain river bridge and widening it to accommodate a Northbound Auxiliary Lane;
? Providing a deceleration lane on the existing viaduct over the Delaware Canal and Conrail property on the Pennsylvania side of the bridge;
? Modifying the interchange at South Pennsylvania Avenue andinstalling a new traffic signal and resurfacing the pavement on South Pennsylvania Avenue;
? Constructing noise walls adjacent to northbound Route 1 in Pennsylvania and constructing a new toll plaza;
Construction is being conducted in three major stages. Stage 1 began inthe late fall of 2006. Stage 2 will finish in late 2008. Stage 3isto besubstantially completed by the end of 2009.
Project news and updates are available via e-mail subscription at the project Web site:www.tmtollbridge.com.
About the Commission
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission was formed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey in 1934. It operates seven toll bridges and 13 toll-supported bridges, two of which are pedestrian-only spans. The Commission's jurisdiction extends along the Delaware River from the Philadelphia-Bucks County line north to the New Jersey/New York border. Its bridges carried more than 141 million cars and trucks in 2007. For more information about the Commission and its various initiatives to deliver safer and more convenient bridge travel for its customers, please see: www.drjtbc.org.
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