May 23, 2024 - Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll was joined by Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt, and other officials to commemorate the completion of the permanent repairs to I-95 in northeast Philadelphia, less than a year after a fire last June caused the roadway to collapse. Weather permitting, all lanes on I-95 in the area will be open to traffic by 5:00 AM on Friday morning, May 24, as well as one lane on the newly constructed ramp from northbound I-95 to Cottman Avenue , just in time for holiday weekend travel. Governor Josh Shapiro and Secretary Carroll led a coordinated state, local, and federal response to reopen the roadway safely and as quickly as possible, and efforts were ahead of schedule each step of the way to get traffic flowing on I-95 again. A temporary roadway with six lanes of traffic opened on June 23, 2023, only 12 days after the initial fire and collapse. The new bridge and ramp replace the ones that were destroyed in a June 11, 2023, tanker truck crash and fire. I-95 traffic was restored to three lanes of traffic in each direction after a temporary roadway was constructed in the center of the interstate in just 12 days. The outer sections on the northbound and southbound sides of the bridge were then rebuilt before I-95 traffic was shifted from the temporary center lanes, onto the completed, outer sections of the new bridge last November.Speakers Include:Mike Carroll, Secretary of PennDOTShailen Bhatt, Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)Michael Carroll, Deputy Managing Director for Philadelphia's Office of Transportation and Infrastructure SystemsSenator Jimmy DillonLeslie Richards, GM/CEO of SEPTAButch Bennett - Philadelphia Building TradesWayne Miller - Philadelphia Building TradesRob Buckley, President of Buckley & Company, Inc.
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