103563 | I-95: Delaware Avenue Extension (BS5) (Philadelphia City)

The BS5 section is a part of the I-95 Reconstruction, SR 0095 Section BSR, also known as the Bridge Street Ramps section. This phase of SR 95 Section BSR covers the 1.3 mile extension of North Delaware Avenue from Buckius Street to Tacony Street. The project includes a new bridge over Old Frankford Creek. A roadway connection from the North Delaware Avenue Extension to the vicinity of the Richmond Street/Bridge Street intersection will be investigated. Also included is a section of the East Coast Greenway multi-use trail from Buckius Street to the K&T Trail on the north side of Old Frankford Creek.
The northern terminus of the Delaware Avenue Extension is Tacony Street at the location of two relocated ramps from the I-95 Bridge Street Interchange. There will be a southbound off-ramp to Tacony Street/North Delaware Avenue and a companion on ramp to I-95 northbound.
For an overall description of the SR 95 Section BSR section, see MPMS #47811.
I-95 is a major facility built in the 1960s which runs through Bucks, Philadelphia, and Delaware Counties in the DVRPC region. More than $2.7 billion will provide for the repair, reconstruction and restoration of I-95 in Philadelphia for approximately eight miles between I-676/Vine Street and Cottman Avenue that PennDOT is currently working to improve in order to address critical repairs on aging bridges and interchanges, and improve traffic flow 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 particular construction section. This reconstruction of I-95 has been divided into various “sections” (including GIR, CPR, BSR, BRI, AFC, Congestion Management, and drainage projects) in over 30 separate MPMS #s, most of which appear in the Interstate Management Program (IMP), and some of which appear in the DVRPC Regional Highway Program of the TIP. MPMS #s for the overall corridor include: 17821, 47394, 47811, 47812, 47813, 79683, 79685, 79686, 79826, 79827, 79828, 79903, 79904, 79905, 79908, 79910, 79911, 79912, 80094, 83640, 87784, 98207, 102304, 102305, 102309, and 103553 through 103564. 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.
This project is integral to the Delaware Valley Freight Corridors Initiative. 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 2007 and 2010 annual memoranda on supplemental CMP strategies for details related to this project. Related sections of I-95 Reconstruction: MPMS #'s 47811, 79908, 79910, 87784, 103562, 103563 and 103564.