{"id":97203,"date":"2026-01-26T16:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/97203\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:16:11","slug":"philadelphia-road-conditions-icy-conditions-create-dangerous-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/97203\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia road conditions: Icy conditions create dangerous travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/weather\/how-much-snow-fell-sunday-totals-philadelphia-nj-de-region\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">weekend&#8217;s snow storm<\/a> is on the way out, but dangerous cold will linger across the Philadelphia area for most of the week, creating icy and dangerous road conditions.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Crews have already started clearing the several inches of snow that pummeled the region on Sunday, which caused the suspension of public transportation and hundreds of canceled flights.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/south-philly-snow-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Follow this live blog for the latest updates on road conditions, travel updates and weather alerts following the storm.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FIND THE LATEST WINTER STORM FORECAST HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p> LIVE UPDATES Noon \u2014 Gov. Shapiro and PennDOT to provide update on winter storm response <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">You can watch the governor&#8217;s update on FOX LOCAL.<\/p>\n<p> 10:15 a.m. \u2014 Road restrictions lifted <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">PennDOT has lifted all vehicle restrictions that were in place on all\u00a0interstates, the PA Turnpike, and major highways across the Philadelphia region during the winter storm.<\/p>\n<p> 10 a.m. \u2014 Amtrack Keystone Service is expected to resume <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Amtrak canceled Keystone Service on Sunday in response to dangerous conditions from the storm. The service is expected to resume at 10 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p> 9:30 a.m. \u2014SEPTA Regional Rail, some bus routes remain suspended <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">SEPTA says they hope to resume some midday service for all Regional Rail trains, which will operate on a Saturday schedule for Monday only.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Some bus routes are also still suspended, while others are experiencing delays.<\/p>\n<p>  9 a.m. \u2014 PHL flight cancellation status <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">As of Monday morning, 134 flights have been canceled at Philadelphia International Airport. Out of 672 scheduled flights on Sunday, 652 were canceled.<\/p>\n<p>  7:30 a.m. \u2014 Philadelphia&#8217;s Emergency Operations Center gives update <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Crews will continue plowing city roads as they respond to any loss of heat and monitor any potential power outages. The center also announced that the city will not collect trash on Monday.<\/p>\n<p> When will plows reach your neighborhood? <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">You can track the status of plowing and salting for street across Philadelphia <a href=\"https:\/\/streetsmartphl.phila.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> 7 a.m. \u2014 Snow and ice leave roads slick across the Philadelphia area <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">FOX 29&#8217;s Hank Flynn visits some Philadelphia suburbs to check out the road conditions after several inches of snow fell this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/i5cc7tw06kly5ftr.jpg\" alt=\"Road conditions following Philadelphia's winter storm\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   6 a.m. \u2014 FOX 29 Weather Authority Monday forecast <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/news\/philadelphia-weather-bitter-cold-remains-wake-winter-storm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dangerously cold temperatures<\/a> will freeze newly fallen snow, which could complicate clean-up efforts.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2alw82nwhprbmz75.jpg\" alt=\"Philadelphia weather: Monday forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   Midnight \u2014 PennDOT road restrictions <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">PennDOT has changed the temporary Tier 4 restrictions on certain vehicles from traveling on interstates and expressways in east central Pennsylvania to Tier 3 restrictions.<\/p>\n<p> 8 p.m. Sunday \u2014 SEPTA, NJ Transit to gradually resume service on Monday <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">SEPTA said a Saturday Regional Rail schedule will be in effect for Monday when service resumes, while buses and the Metro will operate on a Monday schedule.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">NJ TRANSIT expects to begin a phased resumption of service on Monday, starting with all three light rail lines \u2014 Newark Light Rail, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, and River LINE \u2014 operating on a weekday schedule at the start of the service day.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Both SEPTA and NJ Transit say customers should expect delays throughout service on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/weather\/winter-weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/travel\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travel<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; This weekend&#8217;s snow storm is on the way out, but dangerous cold will linger across the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[837,139,539,69,71,70,4491,593,1133,15765],"class_list":["post-97203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-travel","tag-us","tag-weather","tag-winter-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97203","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=97203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}