Allegheny Avenue/Delaware Avenue Intersection to Close June 2-4 for Track Replacement, Drainage in Port Richmond

May 26, 2023 – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced today that the intersection of Allegheny Avenue and Delaware Avenue will close for construction in Northeast Philadelphia.

Motorists are advised of the following travel restriction:

• From 6:00 AM Friday, June 2, until approximately 4:00 PM Sunday, June 4, the Allegheny Avenue/Delaware Avenue intersection will be closed to through-traffic for installation of Conrail tracks and drainage pipes. Motorists will be detoured on Castor Avenue and Richmond Street around the closed intersection.

The work is part of PennDOT’s $31.2 million I-95/Section AF2 project to reconstruct and improve sections of Delaware, Allegheny and Castor avenues to enhance traffic movement on surface streets in the vicinity of the I-95 Allegheny/Castor Avenue Interchange.