Potholes On 20 Philadelphia Roads Being Fixed This Week: PennDOT

Philadelphia PA

23 May, 2022

9:58 AM

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PHILADELPHIA — Nearly two dozen roads in Philadelphia are being targeted by PennDOT and contractor crews this week to address deteriorated pavement. Crews will be fixing potholes on 20 roads across the city this week. Travel lanes on these state highways will be restricted to patch areas of deteriorating pavement. Below are roads being targeted this week: Interstate 95 and ramps; I-76 and ramps; Interstate 676 (Vine Street Expressway); U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Expressway) and ramps; U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) and outer lanes; U.S. 1 (City Avenue); U.S. 13; Chestnut Street; Walnut Street); Route 73 (Cottman Avenue); Route 291; Aramingo Avenue; Rhawn Street; Castor Avenue; Kelly Drive; Oregon Avenue; Mount Airy Road/Wadsworth Avenue; Chew Avenue; Willits Avenue/Welsh Road; and Rising Sun Avenue/Verree Road. Drivers are advised to be alert of this moving operation and to expect intermittent lane closures and possible slowdowns when driving near work crews. All activities are weather dependent. PennDOT said that as of Jan. 1 it has used more than 7,550 tons of asphalt to repair potholes across the five-county Philadelphia region.