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PennDOT - District 6 News: Southbound Broad Street (Route 611) Ramp to I-95 South Reopens Following Bridge Repair in Philadelphia

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PennDOT - District 6 News: I-76 East University Avenue/Grays Ferry Interchange To Close Next Saturday for Intersection Improvement Project in Philadelphia

[Mergingtraffic]

Someone said something about button copy the other day?



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That sign appears to loom over the southbound outer drive of Roosevelt Blvd. (US 1/13) at 9th Street, just before the Boulevard transitions into the Roosevelt Expressway (and the 1/13 multiplexing ends).

Here's a more direct view of the sign and the trio of signs following.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0216808,-75.1397699,3a,47.1y,241.23h,90.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgO9SNrr2s5D1p6yRj4YG8A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

ixnay

Glad to know some are hanging on.  Have to get out there to photograph it before it's too late

[Alex]

Construction on I-95 had two lanes closed last night between PA 320 and U.S. 322. Waze directed me to get off I-476 at Macdade Boulevard. I opted instead to take I-95 north to the Ridley Park exit and shifted south onto PA 291 to U.S. 13 along the Chester Riverfront. U.S. 13 has not been signed over PA 291 and no signs yet of U.S. 13 Business either.

[ekt8750]

Construction on I-95 had two lanes closed last night between PA 320 and U.S. 322. Waze directed me to get off I-476 at Macdade Boulevard. I opted instead to take I-95 north to the Ridley Park exit and shifted south onto PA 291 to U.S. 13 along the Chester Riverfront. U.S. 13 has not been signed over PA 291 and no signs yet of U.S. 13 Business either.

Not surprising. US13 is poorly signed in Chester to begin with. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for new signage to go up.

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PennDOT - District 6 News: I-76 East University Avenue/Grays Ferry Interchange To Close Saturday, September 11, for Intersection Improvement Project in Philadelphia

[Flyer78]

The remnants of Ida brought a lot of rain last evening.

The Schuylkill River is predicted to be at its second highest crest of all time, highest since 1869. Vine Street Expressway and numerous local streets are flooded.


Vine Street Flooding: https://twitter.com/PhillyInquirer/status/1433420247894200324?s=20

Other images:

https://www.phillyvoice.com/ida-remnants-flooding-schuylkill-river-rainfall-philly-region-pennsylvania/

[roadman65]

I saw in GSV that when the SB Ramp from abroad Street to US 1 was closed that the overhead on Broad was taken down over a tarp or Road Closed cover up like most contractors do.

I assume the put back sign is a new panel and not the old here?

[ekt8750]

It's awful in the city. Many streets in Center City are underwater. Both 76 and 676 are washed out. 676 is literally now a canal between the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers. I don't see how either freeway is not going to need major repairs after the water is gone. They were already rebuilding 76 under 30th St Station when this happened. I can only imagine all of that has been undone.

[Flint1979]

There are that many traffic lights in Philly? That's like 400 traffic lights per square mile.

[MASTERNC]

Given the bridge height, that's at least 12' of water on 676

[ekt8750]

There are that many traffic lights in Philly? That's like 400 traffic lights per square mile.

There's one on almost every corner and the city blocks are just about .1 mile so that number makes sense.

[famartin]

So did PennDOT skimp on their drain cleaning efforts during COVID? It seems a bit much, Philly has gotten deluged before, but I don't remember 676 going underwater. Maybe I'm misremembering.

[Flyer78]

News (Channel 6) indicated that a PennDOT pumping station at 22nd St was offline - not sure if it happened before, during, or since the storm; and that was at least partly responsible for the flooding on the Vine.

Edited to add link to their coverage: https://6abc.com/philadelphia-flooding-vine-street-expressway-hurricane-ida-schuylkill-river/10994172/

[Flint1979]

There are that many traffic lights in Philly? That's like 400 traffic lights per square mile.

There's one on almost every corner and the city blocks are just about .1 mile so that number makes sense.

There are 3,000 in Philly, don't know where the OP got 55,000 from.

[jeffandnicole]

So did PennDOT skimp on their drain cleaning efforts during COVID? It seems a bit much, Philly has gotten deluged before, but I don't remember 676 going underwater. Maybe I'm misremembering.

The Schuylkill River greatly overflowed its banks, and this highway is cut into the ground.  It's quite likely the lowest point in Center City Philly, so that's where the water is going to go.

[ekt8750]

So did PennDOT skimp on their drain cleaning efforts during COVID? It seems a bit much, Philly has gotten deluged before, but I don't remember 676 going underwater. Maybe I'm misremembering.

I think the rate of rain and the amount actual rain that fell just overwhelmed the system. This was a historic amount of rain that fell both in Philly but also upstream of the city. Just a perfect storm of sorts.

[ekt8750]

News (Channel 6) indicated that a PennDOT pumping station at 22nd St was offline - not sure if it happened before, during, or since the storm

Yeah the pumping station is completely submerged right now. If I were to guess it probably crapped out during the storm.

[Flyer78]

There are that many traffic lights in Philly? That's like 400 traffic lights per square mile.

There's one on almost every corner and the city blocks are just about .1 mile so that number makes sense.

There are 3,000 in Philly, don't know where the OP got 55,000 from.

There are about 3,000 signalized intersections under Philly Streets control (per their website).

While that would still mean more than 18 signals/intersection on average... thanks to the Roosevelt Blvd some intersections actually have that many signal heads per intersection, and that is not counting pedestrian signals. https://goo.gl/maps/Dad1AvypqrCLoiAcA

This of course will also open up a discussion on what is a discrete intersection actually is in Philadelphia, and there are some interesting cases. (Is City Hall one large intersection, or does each leg count; and then how does that apply to the other squares in town) and such.

I was thinking perhaps the 55k number was total number of actual lights (bulbs) being changed, but turns out a video produced back in 2010 has that number closer to 90,000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH7CsnkA0RI

(YouTube description: The Philadelphia Streets Department is converting 58,000 yellow and green traffic signals and will replace approximately 27,000 red LED lights that have come to the end of their useful life. The project will use approximately $3 million in EECBG funds, matched with $3 million in PECO)

[famartin]

So did PennDOT skimp on their drain cleaning efforts during COVID? It seems a bit much, Philly has gotten deluged before, but I don't remember 676 going underwater. Maybe I'm misremembering.

The Schuylkill River greatly overflowed its banks, and this highway is cut into the ground.  It's quite likely the lowest point in Center City Philly, so that's where the water is going to go.

That makes more sense. I did hear the Schuylkill will be its highest since the 60s, which was before I-676.

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PennDOT - District 6 News: I-76 West (Schuylkill Expressway) Reopens in Center City Philadelphia Following Flash Flooding across Southeast Pennsylvania

[famartin]

So did PennDOT skimp on their drain cleaning efforts during COVID? It seems a bit much, Philly has gotten deluged before, but I don't remember 676 going underwater. Maybe I'm misremembering.

The Schuylkill River greatly overflowed its banks, and this highway is cut into the ground.  It's quite likely the lowest point in Center City Philly, so that's where the water is going to go.

That makes more sense. I did hear the Schuylkill will be its highest since the 60s, which was before I-676.

Apparently I misheard, since this suggests its the highest since the 1860s.
https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=phi&gage=padp1

So this now all makes MUCH more sense.

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PennDOT - District 6 News: I-76 East, West (Schuylkill Expressway) Reopens in Center City Philadelphia Following Flash Flooding Across Southeast Pennsylvania

[ekt8750]

676 and both River Drives are still under water this morning:

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/stories-weather/flooded-i-676-kelly-drive-mlk-drive/2947569/

[jp the roadgeek]

This is just crazy
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1433617302281465863?s=21