{"id":276072,"date":"2026-08-31T22:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T22:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276072\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T22:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T22:28:12","slug":"overnight-closures-for-i-76-near-30th-street-in-philadelphia-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276072\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight closures for I-76 near 30th Street in Philadelphia \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers navigating an already complicated construction zone near 30th Street Station in Philadelphia will face another challenge this week as part of the Market Street Bridge rehabilitation project.<\/p>\n<p>All eastbound lanes of the Interstate 76, also known as the Schuylkill Expressway, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/eastbound-i-76-to-close-overnight-for-market-street-bridge-work\/4455128\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/eastbound-i-76-to-close-overnight-for-market-street-bridge-work\/4455128\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">will close from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night<\/a> from Monday, Aug. 31, through Thursday, Sept. 3. <\/p>\n<p>The closure will extend from where the Schuylkill Expressway meets the Vine Street Expressway to the 30th Street interchange.<\/p>\n<p>The overnight closures are necessary as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/no-parking-in-parts-of-center-city-for-2-years-due-to-ongoing-projects-sign-says\/4451775\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/no-parking-in-parts-of-center-city-for-2-years-due-to-ongoing-projects-sign-says\/4451775\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">crews continue work on the Market Street Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The area surrounding 30th Street Station is already filled with construction signs, cones and fences as drivers, pedestrians and cyclists navigate the ongoing project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBad bro, really bad,\u201d one Uber driver said of the construction.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the area are also encountering changes to how they get around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was expecting to just get here and walk down the street to town hall. But not gonna happen like that,\u201d one visitor said.<\/p>\n<p>The Market Street Bridge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/148m-bridge-rehabilitation-project-market-street\/4136234\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/148m-bridge-rehabilitation-project-market-street\/4136234\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">rehabilitation project is expected to last up to 14 months<\/a>. The bridge is currently closed to vehicle traffic, though pedestrians and cyclists can still cross.<\/p>\n<p>The underside of the bridge requires work, leading to the overnight closures on the Schuylkill Expressway.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers who normally use the eastbound expressway could instead find themselves navigating detours including Arch, 30th and Chestnut streets and Schuylkill Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing construction has left some people struggling to figure out how to get where they need to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrazy and I don&#8217;t walk down here so that&#8217;s why I have no idea how to catch a bus down here right now,\u201d one person said.<\/p>\n<p>Travelers\u00a0can check conditions on major roads by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__http:\/www.511pa.com\/__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!sdpXZYS8eFNfmotOAwFLwk-g4IVKAdYv-tCWt50jhg9DQjAcxfeDHimzZS3azvSEgxuvL1Jc9LCTxCbuZP0$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">www.511PA.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers navigating an already complicated construction zone near 30th Street Station in Philadelphia will face another challenge this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-276072","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\/276072","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=276072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}