4 weekend closures planned for part of eastbound Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia

now at Four Construction headaches are expected on one of the area's busiest highways pendot says drivers should prepare for lane closures on 76 eastbound over the next four weekends Thursday afternoon I'm Sarah Bloomquist and I'm Brian Taff the big story on AC news today is the project that will impact traffic in a whole big section of the city pendot says the closur are needed for bridge deck repairs action news reporter Charles Watson is live for us now in gry's Ferry tonight with the dates and the detours that drive need to know Charles yeah hey Brian and Sarah the closures will span over four weekends pendot says drivers could see signage are learning them to the work in alternate routes as soon as today because they expect this project will cause lots of congestion buckle up I think that's like going to cause a lot of chaos because delays are coming for drivers who use this stretch of i76 near South Philadelphia and University City I need some repairs uh to the bridge back and to the riding surface Pinot spokesperson Brad Rudolph says the work will take place along eastbound i76 between the grace fairy University City exit and the 34th Street on ramp the project will among other things focus on road resurfacing to help reduce things like cracks and potholes on both the i76 land and River bridges to get the work done Pinot says it will institute lane closures over four weekends beginning on September 21st in most cases all of the closures will begin Friday at 9:00 p.m. and will run through the start of Rush Hour the following Monday but with an estimated 38,000 drivers who use each Bridge daily pendot says expect delays we strongly advise uh that motorists avoid the closure area and the surfice streets in the vicinity of the work area instead Pinot is urging local drivers to get off at exit 346c and use the University Avenue Bridge to get back on at the 34th Street on ramp it's already crazy right there too so let's say to get off right there is you know what I'm saying like like what I'm about to do drivers we spoke to say the alternate route is already a nightmare with a previous construction project already underway but they say they'd rather endure little traffic than bridges in need of repair with construction what could you do you know what I mean you're going to you got to deal with it if it's something that's got to be done you don't want bridges falling yeah and so pendot says the time table of these closures could change depending on how quickly they get the work done and sporting events namely with the Philly schedule will look like heading into the postseason we've got the full list of closures dates and times over at 6abc.com for now we're live in Grace Ferry Charles Watson Channel 6 Action News Sarah yeah the skook will never fun this is going to make it a bit worse thank you Charles