September 16, 2022 - Philadelphia, PA
PennDOT Acting Executive Deputy Secretary Melissa Batula was joined by Philadelphia's Deputy Managing Director for the Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability Mike Carroll in Center City today to highlight the completion of major construction on the project to rehabilitate and improve Chestnut Street over the Schuylkill River and several nearby bridges."We work closely with the city to make investments that will help residents' and visitors' travel experience less stressful," said Batula. "We're working hard to connect our communities, help you get around more easily, and of course increase our safety."Under this improvement project, PennDOT's contractor rehabilitated the Chestnut Street bridge under a $104.7 million project that also included the rehabilitation of two Schuylkill Avenue West viaducts over I-76 between Market and Walnut streets; the viaduct under Chestnut Street between 30th and 31st streets; the I-76 west ramp to Chestnut Street; the Walnut Street ramp to I-76 east; and the Chestnut Street stone arch bridges over 24th Street and over the CSX rail line west of 24th Street. The contract also included repairs to a 900-foot section of the "river wall" retaining wall between the river and I-76, and to a retaining wall between the Schuylkill River Trail and the river at Chestnut Street.List of Speakers:Lou Belmonte, PennDOT District 6 ExecutiveMelissa Batula, PennDOT Acting Executive Deputy SecretaryMichael Carroll, Deputy Managing Director for Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability Michael Carroll
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