U.S. 202 Traffic Pattern Changes Coming Next Week

The following was provided to Patch by PennDOT:

Construction is scheduled over the next week (Dec. 15-22) to move the southbound and northbound travel lanes on U.S. 202 between the Route 401 and U.S. 30 interchanges in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Friday.

The upcoming traffic pattern changes mark the next stage of PennDOT’s $63.3 million project to rebuild and widen 2.5 miles of U.S. 202 to six lanes between Route 401 and Route 30.

Weather permitting, PennDOT’s contractor plans to move two lanes of southbound U.S. 202 traffic over to the newly built southbound pavement on Wednesday, Dec. 17 by 5 a.m. The plan is to shift two lanes of northbound U.S. 202 traffic to the center of the highway on Sunday, Dec. 21 by 10 a.m.

In the event construction is postponed due to inclement weather, the schedule will move forward one night.

The following travel restrictions are scheduled on U.S. 202 to implement the new traffic patterns:

From 8 p.m. Monday (Dec. 15) to 5 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 16), U.S. 202 South will be reduced to one lane between Route 29 and U.S. 30;

From 8 p.m. Monday (Dec. 15) to 5 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 16), the Route 401 on-ramp to U.S. 202 South will be closed. The posted detour will take motorists north on U.S. 202 to the Route 29 North/Great Valley exit, then right on Matthews Road, right on Route 29 and left at Swedesford Road to the on-ramp to U.S. 202 South;

From 8 p.m. Monday (Dec. 15) to 5 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 16), the U.S. 202 South off-ramp to Route 401 will be closed. The posted detour will take motorists off at the Route 29 North/Great Valley exit, then turn left at Swedesford Road and follow Swedesford Road to Route 401;

From 8 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 16) to 5 a.m. Wednesday (Dec. 17), U.S. 202 North will be reduced to one lane from U.S. 30 to just north of Route 401;

From 8 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 16) to 5 a.m. Wednesday (Dec. 17), U.S. 202 South will be reduced to one lane between Route 29 and U.S. 30;

From 8 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 16) to 5 a.m. Wednesday (Dec. 17), the Route 401 on-ramp to U.S. 202 South will be closed (Posted Detour: U.S. 202 North to Route 29 North/Great Valley exit, then right on Matthews Road, right on Route 29 and left at Swedesford Road to the on-ramp to U.S. 202 South) and the U.S. 202 South off-ramp to Route 401 will be closed (Posted Detour: Exit at the Route 29 North/Great Valley exit, turn left at Swedesford Road and follow Swedesford Road to Route 401;

From 8 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 17) to 5 a.m. Thursday (Dec. 18), U.S. 202 South will be reduced to one lane between Route 29 and U.S. 30;

From 8 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 18) to 5 a.m. Friday (Dec. 19), U.S. 202 South will be reduced to one lane between Route 29 and U.S. 30;

From 8 p.m. Friday (Dec. 19) to 10 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 20), U.S. 202 North and South will be reduced to one lane from U.S. 30 to just north of Route 401;

From 8 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 20) to 10 a.m. Sunday (Dec. 21), U.S. 202 North will be reduced to one lane from U.S. 30 to just north of Route 401;

From 8 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 20) to 10 a.m. Sunday (Dec. 21), the U.S. 202 North off-ramp to Route 401 will be closed. The posted detour will take traffic off at U.S. 30, then right on U.S. 30 (Lancaster Avenue) and left at Route 401;

From 8 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 20) to 10 a.m. Sunday (Dec. 21), the Route 401 on-ramp to U.S. 202 North will be closed. The posted detour will take traffic east on Route 401, left at Swedesford Road, right at Route 29 and left at Matthews Road to the on-ramp to U.S. 202 North;

From 8 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 20) to 10 a.m. Sunday (Dec. 21), the U.S. 30 East off-ramp to U.S. 202 North will be closed. The posted detour will take traffic off at the Business U.S. 30 exit ramp, then right onto U.S. 30 (Lancaster Avenue) and right at the ramp to U.S. 202 North;

From 8 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 21) to 5 a.m. Monday (Dec. 22), U.S. 202 North will be reduced to one lane from U.S. 30 to just north of Route 401;

From 8 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 21) to 5 a.m. Monday (Dec. 22), the U.S. 202 North off-ramp to Route 401 will be closed (Posted Detour: Exit at U.S. 30, turn right on U.S. 30 (Lancaster Avenue) and left at Route 401);

From 8 p.m. Monday (Dec. 22) to 5 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 23), U.S. 202 North will be reduced to one lane from U.S. 30 to just north of Route 401; and

From 8 p.m. Monday (Dec. 22) to 5 a.m. Tuesday (Dec. 23), the Route 401 on-ramp to U.S. 202 North will be closed (Posted Detour: East on Route 401, left at Swedesford Road, right at Route 29 and left at Matthews Road to the on-ramp to U.S. 202 North).

PennDOT’s contractor, Allan A. Myers, LP of Worcester, Montgomery County, has worked since December 2013 to rebuild and widen the southbound side of U.S. 202. Once the new traffic patterns are implemented, crews will rebuild the northbound side of the highway through 2015. The project is scheduled to finish in May 2016.

Construction to widen U.S. 202 between the Route 401 and U.S. 30 interchanges began in April 2013. This project is the second and final mainline contract for the widening of 6.5 miles of U.S. 202 from just south of the Route 252/Swedesford Interchange to U.S. 30.