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You may have noticed the new on-ramp to 95N that is taking shape.  Here is a quick look into what they are doing.

• Reconstruction and widening of Richmond Street on its existing alignment between Aramingo Avenue and Cumberland Street;
• Reconstruction and widening of Richmond Street on a new alignment shifted east between Cumberland and Ann streets;
• Replacement of two (2) Conrail bridges over Richmond Street near Lehigh Avenue with four (4) separate structures with new Conrail tracks;
• Reconstruction, a half-at-a-time, of the Girard Avenue bridge over the northbound Aramingo Avenue spur;
• Extensive utility relocations along Richmond Street and adjacent streets to the west;
• Intersection improvements along Richmond Street at Girard Avenue, Cumberland Street, Sereant Street, Huntingdon Street, Lehigh Avenue, Somerset Street, Cambria Street and Ann Street;
• Deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) devices -- dynamic message signs, mtraffic cameras, travel-time sensors, etc. along arterial rouites adjacent to I-95 between the Broad Street and Betsy Ross Bridge interchanges to assist PennDOT and the City during traffic management operations.

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