I-95 On Ramp at Princeton Avenue Closed Friday, Saturday

Patch would like to remind Bensalem residents who regularly use I-95 that the eastbound Princeton Avenue on-ramp to the interstate northbound in the Tacony section of Northeast Philadelphia will be closed from 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10.

The closure is for the installation of a drainage pipe on the ramp, according to PennDOT.

During the ramp closure, eastbound Princeton Avenue motorists will be detoured north on State Road to Linden Avenue, and left at Linden Avenue to the ramp to I-95 North. Message boards and signs will be posted to direct motorists along the detour route.

This operation is part of PennDOT’s $31.9 million project to improve the I-95/Cottman Avenue Interchange by building two new ramps and improving Cottman Avenue, Princeton Avenue and State Road in the vicinity of the interchange. The project began in May 2009 and will finish late this year. 

Tony DePaul and Son of Blue Bell, Montgomery County is the general contractor on the $31,953,398 project that is project financed with 90 percent federal and 10 percent state funds.

For more information on the I-95/Cottman Avenue Interchange Improvement Project, go to www.95revive.com.