October 8, 2025 – Construction of the new southbound viaduct (see below) and its approaches at the Interstate 95 Bridge Street Interchange will continue this fall under PennDOT’s $268 million I-95/BS2 project to reconstruct and widen I-95 in both directions between Margaret Street and Van Kirk Street in Northeast Philadelphia.
Four new retaining walls have been completed along the southbound side, north and south of the viaduct. The walls help support embankments that carry a continuous fourth lane through the interchange, along with a new off-ramp at James Street.
The new southbound off-ramp will replace the southbound ramp to James Street that was closed last summer. It will pass under I-95 between Fraley and VanKirk streets through a new underpass to a new signalized interchange on Tacony Street north of Bridge Street. Construction of the southbound side of the new ramp underpass is nearly complete.
PennDOT’s contractor will begin installing sound walls on southbound I-95 this fall.
The new Bridge Street Interchange at Tacony Street also includes construction of an adjoining section of the Delaware Avenue Extension, 
which will continue through the end of this year and into 2026. The Extension, which will connect with the new ramp, is the initial stage of extending Delaware Avenue from its current terminus along the river near Orthodox Street. The bulk of the extension will be built under Section BS5 that is tentatively slated for construction beginning in 2027.
During construction, traffic previously exiting southbound I-95 at Bridge Street is detoured to the Aramingo Avenue exit at the Betsy Ross Bridge Interchange, then north on Aramingo Avenue back to Bridge Street.
A new water main has been installed under Tacony Street, and sewer line construction continues along with PECO gas lines on surface streets at the interchange.
New stormwater drainage systems have been installed in advance of construction of sections of the new southbound pavement and the new southbound off-ramp.
Section BS2, the second of five contracts to reconstruct Interstate 95 and improve the Bridge Street Interchange, is expected to be completed in 2028. PennDOT completed Section BS1 reconstruction to rebuild and widen I-95 between Levick and Carver streets in early 2023.
During all upcoming Section BS2 work, three travel lanes in each direction will remain open during peak travel times, though periodic off-peak lane closures may be in place on I-95 during certain stages of construction.
James J. Anderson Construction of Philadelphia is the general contractor on Section BS2.
