{"id":101053,"date":"2026-01-30T20:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/101053\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T20:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:52:07","slug":"pa-turnpike-to-close-between-morgantown-downingtown-interchanges-on-feb-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/101053\/","title":{"rendered":"PA turnpike to close between Morgantown, Downingtown interchanges on Feb. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pennsylvania Turnpike will be closed in both directions on Feb. 1 between midnight and 5 a.m. between the Morgantown (Exit 298) and Downingtown (Exit 312) interchanges.<\/p>\n<p>The closure is necessary so crews can demolish a bridge at milepost 304.44 that carries Adams Road over the turnpike, officials said. This bridge project is part of a reconstruction project between mileposts 302 and 308 that is in the design phase.<\/p>\n<p>The following suggested detours will be in place during the closure:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Westbound detour: Route 100 North, 9 miles; Route 23 West, 12.4 miles; Route 10 North, 1 mile; re-enter at Morgantown interchange (Exit 298).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Eastbound detour: Route 10 South, 1 mile; Route 23 East, 12.4 miles; Route 100 South, 9 miles; re-enter at Downingtown Interchange (Exit 312).<\/p>\n<p>State police and turnpike personnel will be in the area to assist drivers. Changeable message signs will also provide information on this closure. Motorists are encouraged to plan travel accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Work schedules are subject to change based on weather conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania Turnpike will be closed in both directions on Feb. 1 between midnight and 5 a.m. between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706,2155],"class_list":["post-101053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}