{"id":270766,"date":"2026-08-23T15:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270766\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T15:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:42:07","slug":"market-street-bridge-to-close-monday-for-14-month-construction-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270766\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Street Bridge to close Monday for 14-month construction project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; The Market Street Bridge, connecting Center City and University City, is closing to drivers for 14 months as part of a nearly $150 million PennDOT project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 94-year-old bridge is getting a major makeover, including a new, protected two-way bike lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Drivers aren&#8217;t the only ones affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Six SEPTA bus routes will be detoured in the area, and parking restrictions are already popping up along parts of Chestnut, 23rd and Walnut streets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Those will be in place until 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The timing is tough, with the closure starting the same day as <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/major-changes-begin-rolling-septas-bus-system\/19722870\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SEPTA&#8217;s new bus network changes<\/a>, and the first day of school for Philadelphia students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">So be sure to give yourself extra time and expect delays.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; The Market Street Bridge, connecting Center City and University City, is closing to drivers for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[114105,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-270766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-114105","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270766","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=270766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}