{"id":258375,"date":"2026-08-03T16:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258375\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:16:06","slug":"morris-street-ramp-to-i-95-in-philadelphia-closed-through-october-for-bridge-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258375\/","title":{"rendered":"Morris Street Ramp to I-95 in Philadelphia Closed Through October for Bridge Repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers in South Philadelphia will be facing a long-term detour and delays after bridge repairs close the Morris Street ramp to southbound Interstate 95 through Friday, Oct. 2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mychesco.com\/a\/news\/regional\/morris-street-ramp-closure-could-cause-months-of-frustration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">According to a MyChesCo report<\/a>, the ramp closure is 24\/7. Drivers are directed to use Water Street, Tasker Street, Christopher Columbus Boulevard, Oregon Avenue, and Front Street to access southbound I-95.<\/p>\n<p>The closure is part of a $60.4 million federally funded project aimed at high-priority repairs on interstate bridges in the Philadelphia area. According to MyChesCo, during the work, crews will repair deteriorated decking, steel, welds, concrete beams, railings, guiderails, and sign supports. The project will also address expansion joints, substructures, supports, bearings, debris removal, repainting overhead signs, and LED roadway lighting upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>IEW Construction Group Inc. of Hamilton, New Jersey, is the general contractor for the project.<\/p>\n<p>PennDOT reminds motorists to plan for extra travel time and consider alternate routes, especially during peak commuting periods, due to expected backups and delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers in South Philadelphia will be facing a long-term detour and delays after bridge repairs close the Morris&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-258375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258375","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=258375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}