Starting March 1, the northbound lanes of the highway will be shut down, and drivers heading north will be shifted to what is typically the southbound side. Both north and southbound traffic will share the southbound side with each direction reduced to one lane.
This fall, the pattern will shift with drivers in both directions sharing the northbound side. The work includes repairing 19 bridges including the mile-long Wilmington viaduct over marshy ground south of the city.
DelDOT says doing these repairs now could extend the life of these bridges by at least 30 years. Trying to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine in New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties? WHYY has answers. Construction crews clear rocks and other debris in May to prepare for construction of I, effectively splitting the city in half. Courtesy of Delaware Public Archives As the interstate construction south of Wilmington cut through farmland and accelerated the growth of suburban sprawl, thousands of city residents saw their neighborhoods changed forever.
The wrecking ball proved to be an unstoppable destructive force, impacting both upscale neighborhoods near the Brandywine River and working-class homes further south. Churches, stores, a brewery, and more all fell in the name of transportation progress. Several thousand residents were bought out of their homes to make way for the interstate. Support arches are installed to carry the highway over the Brandywine River and out of the north end of the city in this aerial picture from January Construction Start: Late Construction End: Section BR0 included reconstruction of most of the existing ramps at the interchange and partially constructed the missing ramps to provide a direct connection between the Betsy Ross Bridge and Aramingo Avenue.
Construction Start : Early Construction Completed : Construction Start : Construction Completed : Section BR3 will rebuild and improve northbound I and its structures from Wheatsheaf Lane to just north of Margaret Street at the Betsy Ross Bridge Interchange to provide four through lanes and a fifth auxiliary lane for ramp traffic entering and exiting I between interchanges.
Section BR4 will rebuild and improve southbound I and its structures from Wheatsheaf Lane to just north of Margaret Street at the Betsy Ross Bridge Interchange to provide four through lanes and a fifth auxiliary lane for ramp traffic entering and exiting I between interchanges.
Construction Start: Construction Completed: Construction Start: Construction Complete: This section is for the construction of a new southbound I on-ramp at Cottman Avenue Ramp F and an associated retaining wall. Section GR0 included the construction of a temporary southbound off-ramp and the realignment of Aramingo Avenue at the interchange. Construction Start : November Construction Completion : Construction Start : October Construction Completion : Section GR3 reconstructed and improved northbound I from Columbia Avenue to north of Ann Street to provide four through lanes in each direction and a fifth auxiliary lane for ramp traffic entering and exiting I between interchanges at Girard Avenue and Allegheny Avenue.
The highway also would have cut through the Sourlands, a hilly offshoot of the Appalachians that forms a large natural reserve. It was also rumored to bisect the property of a powerful local CEO. Hopewell residents had fought against the proposed interstate nearly from its first proposal. He believed the highway was too important to the region not to build. He was also ready with ideas: When locals worried about traffic congestion, he proposed that the offending segment of I should be built with no exits.
When others fretted that the highway would disturb the wooded Sourlands, he floated a different idea. Why not just put it underground? The AFL-CIO supported the new highway on behalf of construction workers, and pushed the governor to support it; the state transportation chief wanted it canceled.
The fight attracted regional media attention. As gas prices rose, and state elections approached, the governor relented. In , Congress resolved to fix it. A highway bill that year ordered the interstate to be completed by linking I to the Pennsylvania Turnpike north of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania soon began studying its options.
Preparations and environmental study took years, and construction only began on the interchange in Now, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says it will complete its portion of the I section by August. But he still lamented that the old Somerset Highway would still never get built. Instead, I now feeds into the George Washington Bridge, dumping drivers who would otherwise bypass the region into uptown Manhattan and the Cross Bronx Expressway.
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