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[jeffandnicole]

...and twinning/replacing the bridge over the Delaware River.  The latter was supposed to be prioritized due to a crack found a few years ago.

The NJ Turnpike Authority is in charge of leading large projects with the bridge, and has included that in their current multi-year Capital Project plan.

[Crown Victoria]

Looking at the latest Capital Plan, the Total Reconstruction map, and the various pages for the I-95/Turnpike interchange, it looks like Sections A, C, and D30 are due for construction as soon as next year. This would involve widening of the Turnpike from the Bensalem interchange to I-95.

As far as the missing movements at the interchange itself, we may still wait a while...

https://www.paturnpike.com/traveling/construction/site/i-95-interchange-project/design-construction-details/section-a
https://files.paturnpike.com/production/docs/default-source/resources/traveling-resources/total-recon-map-march-2022.pdf?sfvrsn=d9cf9a14_11
https://files.paturnpike.com/production/docs/default-source/resources/investor-relations/capital-plan/fy23-capital-plan.pdf?sfvrsn=fe252d1a_4 (look for I-95 Stage 2 under Interchanges)

[bluecountry]

I'd rank the ramp pair importance from most to least in this way (only including the incomplete ones):

I-95 SB->I-295 EB and I-295 WB->I-95 NB
I-276 EB->I-95 SB and I-95 NB->I-276 WB
I-295 WB->I-276 WB and I-276 EB->I-295 EB

This is just based on how easy it is to make those movements presently without said ramps.

And these are not happening anytime soon?

[famartin]

I kinda wish they'd do the ramps from 95 SB to 295 EB/295 WB to 95 NB first... I think its the next most needed missing move (and it would give me a better alternate route to/from work than the Burlington-Bristol Bridge currently provides  ).

[Alps]

I kinda wish they'd do the ramps from 95 SB to 295 EB/295 WB to 95 NB first... I think its the next most needed missing move (and it would give me a better alternate route to/from work than the Burlington-Bristol Bridge currently provides  ).

I think 295 WB to 276 WB and 276 EB to 295 EB would be the next most needed.

[MASTERNC]

I kinda wish they'd do the ramps from 95 SB to 295 EB/295 WB to 95 NB first... I think its the next most needed missing move (and it would give me a better alternate route to/from work than the Burlington-Bristol Bridge currently provides  ).

I think 295 WB to 276 WB and 276 EB to 295 EB would be the next most needed.

Still, those two movements are handled by US 1, which is a freeway, so the urgency really isn't there.  The only real slowdown is the Bensalem interchange, but that has gotten better now that the interchange construction on US 1 is done.

[famartin]

I kinda wish they'd do the ramps from 95 SB to 295 EB/295 WB to 95 NB first... I think its the next most needed missing move (and it would give me a better alternate route to/from work than the Burlington-Bristol Bridge currently provides  ).

I think 295 WB to 276 WB and 276 EB to 295 EB would be the next most needed.

Still, those two movements are handled by US 1, which is a freeway, so the urgency really isn't there.  The only real slowdown is the Bensalem interchange, but that has gotten better now that the interchange construction on US 1 is done.

Exactly, US 1 provides those, and after the big construction project near Neshaminy Mall is finished, it should function much better, further decreasing the need for 295 WB->276 WB/276 EB->295EB

[Alps]

I kinda wish they'd do the ramps from 95 SB to 295 EB/295 WB to 95 NB first... I think its the next most needed missing move (and it would give me a better alternate route to/from work than the Burlington-Bristol Bridge currently provides  ).

I think 295 WB to 276 WB and 276 EB to 295 EB would be the next most needed.

Still, those two movements are handled by US 1, which is a freeway, so the urgency really isn't there.  The only real slowdown is the Bensalem interchange, but that has gotten better now that the interchange construction on US 1 is done.

Exactly, US 1 provides those, and after the big construction project near Neshaminy Mall is finished, it should function much better, further decreasing the need for 295 WB->276 WB/276 EB->295EB

The 1 ramps always seem to feature chronic backups and 1 is a slog for that bit. So let's see if you're right.

[famartin]

I kinda wish they'd do the ramps from 95 SB to 295 EB/295 WB to 95 NB first... I think its the next most needed missing move (and it would give me a better alternate route to/from work than the Burlington-Bristol Bridge currently provides  ).

I think 295 WB to 276 WB and 276 EB to 295 EB would be the next most needed.

Still, those two movements are handled by US 1, which is a freeway, so the urgency really isn't there.  The only real slowdown is the Bensalem interchange, but that has gotten better now that the interchange construction on US 1 is done.

Exactly, US 1 provides those, and after the big construction project near Neshaminy Mall is finished, it should function much better, further decreasing the need for 295 WB->276 WB/276 EB->295EB

The 1 ramps always seem to feature chronic backups and 1 is a slog for that bit. So let's see if you're right.

They’ve widened the interchange and 1 south of the interchange… now they’re widening north of the interchange. I think that will help a lot.

[jeffandnicole]

In a very clear indication that the 95/PA Turnpike Interchange is committed to be completed, the DVRPC (Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission) has on their 4/27/23 Board Meeting Agenda a request to add a $153 Million design and construction phase to design and fully connect I-95, I-295 and I-276 in Pennsylvania and widen to 6 lanes I-276 in the immediate vicinity of this area, collectively known as Stage 2 of the overall interchange project.  (Note:  This money won't pay for the entire interchange and widening; this is just a small part of the overall funding needed.) 

Stage 2 includes the following distinct design/construction sections:
> D30 (mainline Turnpike widening and reconstruction between the Bensalem Boulevard and I-95 overpasses);
> Section A (mainline Turnpike widening and reconstruction near the Bensalem Interchange to the Neshaminy Falls toll plaza);
> Section C (mainline Turnpike widening and reconstruction from the Neshaminy Falls Toll Plaza to the Bensalem Boulevard overpass);
> Section E (Turnpike/US 13 mainline interchange reconstruction and mainline widening to the west); and
> Section D40 (the remaining six ramps of the I-276/I-95/I-295 Interchange and related mainline improvements).

Sections D30, A, and C are progressing through final design. Sections E and D40 completed preliminary design and await identified funding sources for the respective design/construction phases to enable them to proceed. Only Sections D30 and A are anticipated to proceed to the construction phase during the FY2023 TIP.

For more information, and the opportunity to comment publicly if you wish, visit https://www.dvrpc.org/committees/board/11948 and https://www.dvrpc.org/asp/boardcomment/detail.asp?id=3792

Stage 1 was the direct connection of the I-95 ramps which opened several years ago.  There is also a Stage 3 to the project, which is to replace the Delaware River Bridge with a new parallel bridge over the Delaware River, which by this indication is going to be many years away.

[Alps]

In a very clear indication that the 95/PA Turnpike Interchange is committed to be completed, the DVRPC (Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission) has on their 4/27/23 Board Meeting Agenda a request to add a $153 Million design and construction phase to design and fully connect I-95, I-295 and I-276 in Pennsylvania and widen to 6 lanes I-276 in the immediate vicinity of this area, collectively known as Stage 2 of the overall interchange project.  (Note:  This money won't pay for the entire interchange and widening; this is just a small part of the overall funding needed.) 

Stage 2 includes the following distinct design/construction sections:
> D30 (mainline Turnpike widening and reconstruction between the Bensalem Boulevard and I-95 overpasses);
> Section A (mainline Turnpike widening and reconstruction near the Bensalem Interchange to the Neshaminy Falls toll plaza);
> Section C (mainline Turnpike widening and reconstruction from the Neshaminy Falls Toll Plaza to the Bensalem Boulevard overpass);
> Section E (Turnpike/US 13 mainline interchange reconstruction and mainline widening to the west); and
> Section D40 (the remaining six ramps of the I-276/I-95/I-295 Interchange and related mainline improvements).

Sections D30, A, and C are progressing through final design. Sections E and D40 completed preliminary design and await identified funding sources for the respective design/construction phases to enable them to proceed. Only Sections D30 and A are anticipated to proceed to the construction phase during the FY2023 TIP.

For more information, and the opportunity to comment publicly if you wish, visit https://www.dvrpc.org/committees/board/11948 and https://www.dvrpc.org/asp/boardcomment/detail.asp?id=3792

Stage 1 was the direct connection of the I-95 ramps which opened several years ago.  There is also a Stage 3 to the project, which is to replace the Delaware River Bridge with a new parallel bridge over the Delaware River, which by this indication is going to be many years away.

public comment: please choose my company for all remaining design work
signed, anonymous

[MASTERNC]

Doesn’t the rather new toll plaza need to be widened since there are only two express lanes and the cash lanes are closed off? Not sure if the room is there (and they just need relocated gantries).

[sprjus4]

Doesn’t the rather new toll plaza need to be widened since there are only two express lanes and the cash lanes are closed off? Not sure if the room is there (and they just need relocated gantries).

They’re likely just going to demolish the toll plaza altogether and replace it with all-electronic-tolling gantries.

[odditude]

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) has requested that DVRPC amend the FY2023 TIP for Pennsylvania by adding a new I-95, PA Turnpike Interchange Stage 2 project into the TIP, in the amount of $153,000,000 Turnpike (TPK) funding...

the significant part is not just that there's an amendment request, but that the PTC is saying "here's the funding, do the thing"

[vdeane]

Doesn’t the rather new toll plaza need to be widened since there are only two express lanes and the cash lanes are closed off? Not sure if the room is there (and they just need relocated gantries).

They’re likely just going to demolish the toll plaza altogether and replace it with all-electronic-tolling gantries.

It's too bad that they didn't have the foresight to make the gantries wide enough for a wider turnpike.  Then they could have just left them as-is, demolish the cash booths, and put some barrier down, with no new toll equipment needed.

[MASTERNC]

The D30 contract is now advertised for bidding by late July