47812 | I-95: Betsy Ross Interchange (BRI) - Design (IMP) (Philadelphia City)

This project provides for the design of I-95 Reconstruction SR 0095 Section BRI, also known as the Betsy Ross Interchange. Section consists of reconstructing 1.1 miles of the SR 0095 mainline roadway starting from the north side of the Wheatsheaf Lane crossing, adjoining Section AFC, and ending north of Lefevre Street, adjoining Section BSR. The lane drops (from 3 to 4) on SR 0095 will be eliminated. Within Section BRI, the NB and SB collector-distributor roads, the Ramp X SB on ramp and Ramp Y NB off ramp will be demolished and removed. The proposed SR 0095 mainline will have four lanes in each direction from Wheatsheaf Lane to Lefevre Street. On the SR 0095 mainline, the project includes reconstruction of four dual structures (the dual structures over Frankford Creek; the dual viaduct structures over the Earth Fill area from the Betsy Ross Interchange to south of Orthodox Street crossing; the dual structures over Orthodox Street, and the dual structures over Lefevre Street.
Section BRI includes the rehabilitation or replacement of the Conrail Shared Assets railroad bridge crossing SR 0095.
In addition, the Aramingo Avenue/Betsy Ross Interchange will be reconfigured to realign the planned Adams Avenue Connector to intersect Aramingo Avenue adjacent to the Frankford Creek Bridge and to accommodate increased traffic volumes from the consolidation of the Bridge Street Interchange. In the Betsy Ross Interchange area, Section BRI also includes reconstruction of five connecting bridge structure ramps (Ramp A from SR 0095 NB to Betsy Ross Bridge; Ramp B from Betsy Ross Bridge to SR 0095 SB; Ramp D from Adams Avenue Connector to SR 0095 SB; Ramp EE from SR 0095 SB to Betsy Ross Bridge; Ramp F from SR 0095 SB to Aramingo Avenue.
This project is funded by a portion of a $51,254,972 TEA-21 Earmark (PA ID# 228/FED ID# 1847)
Project CMP (Congestion Management Process) commitments include strategies such as improvements for transit users, bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers on the existing road network (operations). See DVRPC's annual memoranda on supplemental strategies for details related to this project.
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.