The gateway to Philadelphia’s Great Northeast, with access to Route 73 west, Route 73 east and the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge to New Jersey via State Road, and north/south arterials Torresdale Avenue, Frankford Avenue, and U.S. Route 1/Roosevelt Blvd.
Under this project, PennDOT is reconstructing and improving the interchange at Cottman Avenue and approximately 1.4 miles of the adjacent interstate from Bleigh Avenue at the Cottman Interchange to Levick Street, north of Bridge Street. Work is substantially completed on the second of three contracts, Section CP2, of this project. Construction of the third and final contract, CP3, began in 2022 and will construct a new on-ramp to I-95 south from Cottman Avenue and complete utility work at the interchange.
