PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Drivers no longer have to worry about a section of the Schuylkill Expressway being shut down this weekend. Interstate 76 is back open eastbound just after the Grays Ferry Avenue exit.
This was the first of four weekends the section of expressway was supposed to be closed for bridge repair.
Bridge deck repair on two structures in the Grays Ferry neighborhood in Philadelphia will close a section of eastbound Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway) over four weekends beginning Saturday, September 21. 🚧 pic.twitter.com/v2TwAFY1un
— 511PA Philadelphia (@511PAPhilly) September 12, 2024
A PennDOT spokesperson tells NBC10 it’s because the asphalt that was supposed to be used for the construction didn’t test as well as they thought, and they didn’t want to use “inferior” material…