47811 | Bridge Street Design (Section BSR)(IMP) (Philadelphia City)

This project is a component of the Statewide Interstate Management Program (IMP) and is the design parent for I-95 Reconstruction SR 0095 Section BSR, also known as the Bridge Street Ramps section.
The overall section improvements of BSR consist of eliminating the lane drop at the James St. ramp in the southbound direction and eliminating the add lane (i.e. providing four lanes northbound from the BRI section up to Bridge Street) at the Bridge St. on-ramp in the northbound direction. The proposed SR 0095 will have four lanes in each direction from Margaret St. to Levick St. with exclusive acceleration/deceleration lanes. The project includes the replacement of six mainline structures. All retaining walls supporting SR 0095 will be totally reconstructed to support the new widened roadway and ramps. In addition, the project consists of 1.7 miles of reconstruction and realignment along SR 0095, as well as 0.7 miles of reconstruction along Tacony Street from Aramingo Ave. to the Delaware Ave. Extension to the east. Approximately 1.4 miles of reconstruction along Aramingo Ave. is anticipated from Wheatsheaf La. to the south to the Amtrak bridge to the north. A portion of Aramingo Ave. will also be widened from Orthodox St. to Tacony St. along the SR 0095 side of Aramingo Ave. The Aramingo Avenue/Betsy Ross Interchange will be reconfigured to construct a portion of the Adams Ave. Connector to intersect Aramingo Ave. adjacent to the Frankford Creek Bridge. Additional ramps will be constructed between the Betsy Ross Bridge and the SR 0095/Aramingo Ave. Interchange to accommodate all traffic movements from the Betsy Ross Bridge and from SR 0095 (MPMS 79903 - SR0095, Sec BR0). These new ramps will serve to accommodate the increased traffic volumes from the removal of two ramps at the Bridge St. Interchange. One of the ramps to be removed is an off-ramp from SR 0095 NB to Aramingo Ave. NB. The other ramp to be removed is an on-ramp from Aramingo Ave. SB to SR 0095 SB.
As part of this project, Delaware Ave. will be extended approximately 1.3 miles from Buckius Street to Tacony St. This will include a new bridge over Old Frankford Creek. The project also consists of removing the SR 0095 SB off-ramp at the Bridge St. Interchange (at James Street), and the removal of the Bridge St. on-ramp to SR 0095 NB. These ramps are being moved further north to the intersection of Tacony St. and the Delaware Ave. Extension. A SR 0095 SB off-ramp will provide direct access to Tacony St. and the Delaware Ave. Extension. A new on-ramp from Tacony St. and the Delaware Ave. Extension will provide access to SR 0095 NB.
The BSR section also includes the construction of the Frankford Creek Greenway along Aramingo Ave. from Wheatsheaf La. To the Adams Ave. Connector, and then along the Adams Ave. Connector to the adjoining MPMS #17782 project. A multi-use trail will extend further along Aramingo Ave. from the Adams Ave. Connector to the existing bicycle lanes on Orthodox St. and Margaret St. The East Coast Greenway will also be constructed along the North Delaware Ave. Extension to connect with the K&T Trail. The project will incorporate new traffic signals at 12 intersections and modifications to traffic signals at 5 intersections.
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.
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.

No milestones are available for this project.