{"id":753397,"date":"2026-04-26T01:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/753397\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T01:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:46:23","slug":"i-95-night-closures-at-girard-point-could-disrupt-your-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/753397\/","title":{"rendered":"I-95 Night Closures at Girard Point Could Disrupt Your Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img width=\"735\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/traffic-alert-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"Traffic Alert\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA, PA \u2014 Overnight lane closures will continue through May on Interstate 95 near the Girard Point Bridge, potentially slowing traffic in Southwest Philadelphia during late-night hours.<\/p>\n<p>At a Glance<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Roads Affected:<\/strong> <strong>I-95<\/strong> (between Enterprise Avenue and Broad Street\/Route 611)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dates:<\/strong> Monday, April 27, through Friday, May 29<\/li>\n<li><strong>Times:<\/strong> Single lane closure from 9:00 PM; double lane closures from 12:00 AM \u2013 5:00 AM (weeknights)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reason:<\/strong> Bridge rehabilitation work on Girard Point Bridge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lane closures will be in place weeknights on either northbound or southbound I-95, beginning with a single lane restriction at 9:00 PM followed by a double lane closure overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists traveling through the corridor should expect reduced speeds and periodic backups, especially during overnight construction windows. Plan extra time and consider alternate routes when possible.<\/p>\n<p>No travel restrictions will be in place during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>PennDOT will maintain three lanes of traffic in each direction during daytime hours and is coordinating construction schedules to reduce impacts during major events in South Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The work is part of a $261.5 million project to rehabilitate the Girard Point Bridge and surrounding structures, including deck repairs, steel rehabilitation, drainage upgrades, and improvements to lighting and traffic systems.<\/p>\n<p>All operations are weather dependent and will continue into late May.<\/p>\n<p>For real-time updates, detour changes, and additional local traffic alerts, visit the MyChesCo Traffic Center: <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":"PHILADELPHIA, PA \u2014 Overnight lane closures will continue through May on Interstate 95 near the Girard Point Bridge,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,309977,124675,158707,1448,2830,1311,46749,8179,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-753397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bridge-rehabilitation","10":"tag-interstate-95","11":"tag-lane-closures","12":"tag-pa","13":"tag-pennsylvania","14":"tag-philadelphia","15":"tag-southwest-philadelphia","16":"tag-transportation-in-philadelphia","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116468487912288295","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}