{"id":298203,"date":"2026-10-02T07:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/298203\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T07:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:38:10","slug":"i-76-night-work-could-bring-rough-ride-through-lower-merion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/298203\/","title":{"rendered":"I-76 Night Work Could Bring Rough Ride Through Lower Merion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img width=\"735\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pexels-photo-1445653-735x400.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"Traffic\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\tPhoto by Aayush Srivastava on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/selective-focus-photography-of-cars-1445653\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LOWER MERION TWP, PA \u2014 Drivers on westbound Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway) should plan extra time next week as overnight equipment repairs close a lane through Lower Merion Township, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>At a Glance<\/p>\n<p>Roads Affected: Westbound I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) between the Belmont Avenue\/Green Lane Interchange (Exit 338) and Mill Creek Road underpass<\/p>\n<p>Dates: Wednesday, Sept. 30 through Thursday, Oct. 1<\/p>\n<p>Times: 9:00 PM\u20135:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>Reason: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) repair<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The right lane of westbound I-76 will close between Exit 338 and the Mill Creek Road underpass during the overnight work periods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PennDOT expects backups and delays through the work zone. Drivers should allow extra time or consider alternate routes, particularly if traveling through Lower Merion late Wednesday or Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work involves repairs to Intelligent Transportation Systems equipment, which is used to support traffic management and provide motorists with roadway information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The schedule is weather dependent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before getting on the Schuylkill Expressway, check the MyChesCo Traffic Center for the latest construction, closures and delays that could affect your trip: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mychesco.com\/traffic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.mychesco.com\/traffic\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Support the local news that supports Chester County. MyChesCo delivers reliable, fact-based reporting and essential community resources\u2014free for everyone. If you value that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/mychesco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">click here to become a patron today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Aayush Srivastava on Pexels.com LOWER MERION TWP, PA \u2014 Drivers on westbound Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[73835,59143,183,185,184,186,123072],"class_list":["post-298203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-interstate-76","tag-lane-closures","tag-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion-headlines","tag-lower-merion-news","tag-lower-merion-township","tag-transportation-in-montgomery-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298203","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=298203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}