103557 | I-95 Northbound and Southbound: Tioga Street to Wheatsheaf Lane (AF3) (Philadelphia City)

Project will reconstruct I-95 from Tioga Street to Wheatsheaf Lane, including reconstruction of the NB off-ramp to the Betsy Ross Bridge over Castor Avenue, reconstruction of the NB on-ramp from Castor Avenue, and construction of a new NB off-ramp at Castor Avenue.
This project includes work on the following bridge structures:
I-95 NB & SB over Venango Street – Total Replacement
I-95 NB & SB over Castor Avenue - Total Replacement
I-95 NB & SB over Richmond Street – Total Replacement
I-95 NB & SB over Wheatsheaf Lane - Total Replacement
Betsy Ross Ramp A (NB) over Venango Street – Total Replacement
Betsy Ross Ramp A (NB) over Ramp C – New bridge (to convert Ramp A viaduct to road-on-fill)
Betsy Ross Ramp A (NB) over Castor Avenue – New bridge (to convert Ramp A viaduct to road-on-fill)
Betsy Ross Ramp A (NB) over Richmond Street – Total Replacement
Betsy Ross Ramp A (NB) over Wheatsheaf Lane – Total Replacement
Also included is construction of associated retaining walls, sound barrier walls, and roadway on fill sections. The proposed I-95 will have 5 lanes northbound and 5 lanes southbound. New ramp movements are not being created but are being relocated. The existing disjointed interchange will be reconfigured into split interchanges (a NB interchange at Castor Avenue, and a SB interchange at Allegheny Avenue, which will be reconstructed as part of AF4).
Preliminary Engineering was completed for this section in 2017. Construction is anticipated in 2025.
An investment of more than $2.7 billion will provide for the repair, reconstruction and restoration of I-95, a major facility built in the 1960's which runs through Bucks, Philadelphia, and Delaware Counties in the DVRPC region. Current construction efforts in Philadelphia, are addressing critical repairs on aging bridges and interchanges, and improve traffic flow, along the approximately eight miles of I-95 between I-676/Vine Street and Cottman Avenue (Sector A), by adding new ramps and creating a more consistent four-lane highway in both directions by eliminating lane-drops and providing continuous lanes connecting the on-off ramps. Appropriate pedestrian, bicycle, and transit facilities may also be expanded depending on the context of the construction section. The reconstruction of I-95 has been broken out to over 20 separate MPMS #'s, some of which appear in the Interstate Management Program, which is strictly for reconstruction components, and some of which appear in the DVRPC Regional TIP. MPMS #’s include: 17821 (Section GIR design: GR0, GR1, GR2, GR3, GR4, GR5, GR6, GR7), 47394 (Section CPR design: CP1, CP2), 47811 (Section BSR design: BS1, BS2, BS3), 47812 (Section BRI design:BR0, BR2, BR3), 47813 (Section AFC design: AF1, AF2), 79683 (Section CP1 construction), 79685 (Section CP2 construction), 79686 (Section GR1 construction), 79826 (Section GR3 construction), 79827 (Section GR4 construction), 79828 (Section GR5 construction), 79903 (Section BR0 construction), 79904 (Section BR2 construction), 79905 (Section BR3 construction), 79908 (Section BS1 construction), 79910 (Section BS2 construction), 79911 (Section AF1 construction), 79912 (Section AF2 construction), 80094 (Section GR0 construction), 83640 (Section GR2 construction), 87784 (Section BS3 construction), 98207 (I95 Congestion Management), 103553 (Section GR6 Construction), 103554 (Section GR7 construction), 103555 (Section GR8 construction), 102309 (I95 Corridor Drainage). Please refer to the DVRPC I-95 Reconstruction Project in Philadelphia Roadmap in the TIP for additional information about the various sections and corresponding MPMS#’s as well as notations on future and previous projects which may not currently be active and do not appear in the IMP or TIP.

No milestones are available for this project.