Viaduct Rehabilitation Completed, Additional Paving Underway
Punch list items and additional U.S.1 work continue
Summer 2024 – Since reconstruction of the Wayne Avenue Viaduct on U.S. 1/Roosevelt Expressway was substantially completed in late summer 2023, PennDOT has instructed the contract to perform additional work on the expressway that is expected to be completed later this summer to wrap up the $95.5 million project to rehabilitate the half-mile-long viaduct over SEPTA and the Nicetown neighborhood in Philadelphia.
Extra work added to the contract will repair the U.S.1 Expressway pavement between the viaduct and Interstate 76 and place an epoxy overlay to extend the life of the concrete lanes on the northbound and southbound U.S.1 bridges over the Schuylkill River (Twin Bridges).
Additional work on the project also includes:
- Paving U.S. 1 from Interstate 76 to 9th Street
- Diamond grinding the southbound concrete deck of the U.S. 1 bridge over the Schuylkill River (Twin Bridges) concrete bridge deck to improve rideability
- Stage 6 deck median hydro-demolition
- Install guiderail/concrete barrier at new sign structures
- Install slope protection at an abutment on the southbound Twin Bridge
- Install right-of-way fence along southbound U.S.1 at Fernhill Park
- Replace/repair existing expansion dam on the southbound Twin Bridge
PennDOT began rehabilitating the Wayne Junction Viaduct between the Broad Street and Wissahickon/Germantown Avenue exits in early 2019. Repairs were made to the viaduct’s structural components, the steel superstructure was repainted, and a new concrete deck was placed on the 2,589-foot-long structure. The bridge’s support piers and abutments also were rehabilitated and painted in a color that complements the new color applied to the superstructure.
Several new sign structures also were installed under the contract, including replacement of highway signs on and near U.S.1. Additionally, several digital message boards were placed on northbound and southbound Broad Street and on I-76 to communicate with motorists traveling along regional highways.
In addition to work on the viaduct, the project included repairs and repainting of the structural steel and abutments at the Fox Street bridge over U.S. 1. Following the installation of a new water main, the overpass was repaved, and ADA sidewalk ramps were installed.